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Islington 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR "WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27 th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS;—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR "WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27 th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS;—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox......4.........4
Chicken Pox......34......7
Measles1126221...51
Searlatina......14......15
Whooping Cough2...25123...42
Croup......1i......2
Diarrhœa1...27157454
Dysentery.....................
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever...477...18
Puerperal Fever.......«............
Rheumatic Fever2...22•...6
Erysipelas......732...12
Diphtheria.....................
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis......13174135
Mumps..................
Bronchitis and Catarrh15...236976724439
Pneumonia......31......4
Pleurisy......41......5
Delirium Tremens2...............2
Insanity......5......27
Carbuncle........2......2
All other Diseases498429369462711388
Total7298035345731022093

Table: TABLE III-HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 31st, 1864, to February 27th, 1864.

TABLE III-

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 31st, 1864, to February 27th, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected7352125
DrainsConstructed112
Improved or repaired9615
Traps fixed12719
CesspoolsAbolished......
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished......
Pan and trap only furnished11
Water supply furnished7714
Dust BinsConstructed3i4
Repaired and covers adapted246
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed...22
Relaid7411
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided1...1
Receptacle repaired and cleansed246
Water supply provided.........
Other Improve mentsHouses generally repaired.........
„ cleansed or limewashed71320
„ ventilated...33
Overcrowding abated347
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........