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 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out-patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Holloway Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.London Fever Hospital.Total.
Small Pox....2........2
Chicken Pox....3..2....5
Measles....5..2....7
Scarlatina....1926..1340
Hooping Cough....9311....23
Croup....2.........2
Diarrhœa1..223104..40
Dysentery....1..2....3
Cholera...............
Ague....2..1....3
Continued Fever3..204*14..115†156
Puerperal Fever........2....2
Rheumatic Fever....4..5....9
Erysipelas1..1242....19
Diphtheria........1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis2..30620....58
Pyæmia................
Bronchitis and Catarrh17..3326411542..570
Pneumonia........4....4
Pleurisy....1..2....3
Delirium Tremens................
Insanity1..1........2
Carbuncle....1..1....2
All other diseases5521489487389129391606
Total80219555735891721672557

* "Typhoid." † 102 of "Typhus," 13 of "Typhoid."

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 29th, 1861, to January 25th, 1862.

WestSub-District. †East SubDistrict.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected381351
DrainsConstructed819
Improved or repaired43034
Traps fixed231942
CesspoolsAbolished..11
Cleaned or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished..44
Pan and trap only furnished......
Water supply furnished..2222
Dust-BinsConstructed167
Repaired and covers adapted131528
Constructed......
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsRelaid51015
General Water SupplyNew receptacle prvided..11
Receptacle repaired and cleansed..1616
Water supply provided..11
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired257
„ cleansed or limewashed23032
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated1..1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontiuued••..••

†Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.