London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1862

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

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF MAY, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out-patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Hollo way Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.London Fevei Hospital.Total.
Small Fox....1......Unavoidably omitted.1
Chicken Pox....453..12
Measles....39143..56
Scarlatina....634..13
Hooping Cough1..1655..27
Croup....1......1
Diarrhœa5..4138..65
Dysentery....2......2
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever....548..17
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1..313..8
Erysipelas....632..11
Diphtheria........1..1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....2569..40
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh7..1543744..281
Pneumonia....112..4
Pleurisy....4......4
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity....3......3
Carbuncle....11....2
All other diseases41134825614041491650
Total55137946444961962198

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 27th, 1S62, to May 24th, 1862.

WestSub-District. †East SubDistrict.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected39..39
DrainsConstructed279
Improved or repaired105262
[.Traps fixed195473
CesspoolsAbolished1910
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished..1010
Pan and trap only furnished3..3
Water supply furnished93140
Constructed81321
Dust-BinsRepaired and covers adapted21012
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..22
Relaid31922
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..1212
Receptacle repaired and cleansed156
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired17..
,, cleansed or limewashed31821
„ ventilated......
Overcrowding abated..11
Illegal U3e of underground Rooms for slepping discontiuued......

† Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.