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Islington 1865

[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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....412..7
Chicken Pox....22....4
Measles....3..2..5
Scarlatina....1462..22
Whooping cough....281510..53
Croup....2......2
Diarrhœa11816115..164
Dysentery..............
Cholera..............
Ague1..31....5
Continued Fever....10142..26
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever4..142..11
Erysipelas1..88....17
Diphtheria..... 144..9
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1..201611..48
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh11..240893737414
Pneumonia....443..11
Pleurisy....1....12
Delirium Tremens1..2......3
Insanity4..51..111
Carbuncle....113..5
All other Diseases3384394563561631455
Total5798706834492072275

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 1st, 1865, to October 28th, 1865.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 1st, 1865, to October 28th, 1865.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Special InspectionTotal.
Number of houses inspected8798302487
Constructed111..12
Improved or repaired28224090
Traps fixed927323359
CesspoolsAbolished1113
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water J ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished14....14
Pan and trap only furnished....55
Water supply furnished413140157
Dust binsConstructed47112
Repaired and covers adapted317626
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed211..13
Relaid2322651
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided31..4
Receptacle repaired and cleansed119626
Water supply provided12....12
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired1241228
„ cleansed or limewashed257..32
,, ventilated3....3
Overcrowding abated96..15
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2....2