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Islington 1866

[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 26th DAY OF MAY, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF MAY, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small pox..1421..17
Chicken Pox....612....18
Measles....43102..55
Scarlatina....6105..21
whooping cough....28276..61
Croup....1......1
Diarrhoea1..37212667
Dysentery........1..1
cholera..............
Ague..........11
continued Fever6*11314....34
Influenza....1......1
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic fever2..31....6
Erysipelas1..431..9
diphtheria......3....3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1..1235..21
Mumps....11....2
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh11..2371194733447
Pneumonia..1148..14
Pleurisy....523..10
Delirium Tremens1... ........1
Insanity4..1......5
Carbuncle......1113
All other diseases6294494774581221577
Totals89118627105401632375

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*5 Tramps.

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 29th, 1866, to May 26th, 1866.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 29th, 1866, to May 26th, 1866.

South West District.*South East District.North West DistrictNorth East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected2572862452921080
DrainsConstructed31....4
Improved or repaired222241159
Traps fixed161919963
CesspoolsAbolished2......2
Cleansed or disinfected..........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished21....3
Pan and trap only furnished..........
Water supply furnished5239939
Dust binsConstructed677939
Repaired and covers adapted..1142035
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed211....13
Relaid2813....41
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided4161..21
Receptacle repaired and cleansed99121040
Water supply provided..........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired222..2448
„ cleansed or limewashed11223239104
,, ventilated..........
Overcrowding abated41....5
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2......2

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* For the purposes of Sanitary Inspection, I have divided the Parish into four Districts by two
lines—one passing from East to West along Paul's Road and the line of the North London Railway the other
from South to North along the Upper Street to Ring Cross, and then along the Hornsey Road. The South-West
District is retained by Mr. Mayes, together with Belle Isle, and the South-East by Mr. Dunham; while the
North-West has been assigned to Mr. flitcroft, and the North-East to Mr. Powell.