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Islington 1863

[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 28thDAY OF MARCH,1863,AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28thDAY OF MARCH,1863,AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Holloway-Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
......2857...40
Chicken Pox......8...3...13
Chicken Pox......9...211
Scarlatina......131516...44
Whooping Cough......171715...49
Croup..................2
Diarrhœa3...3186452
Dysentery............2...2
Cholera.....................
Ague............1...1
Continued Fever......13519...37
Puerperal Fever............1...1
Rheumatic Fever1...225...10
Erysipelas1...543...13
Diphtheria............2...2
Sorethreat or Tonsillitis......231032...65
Pyræmia.....................
Bronchitis and Catarrh25...3459912722618
Pneumonia......225...9
Pleurisy......23......5
Delirium Tremens.....................
Insanity2...4...1...7
Carbuncle............22
All other Diseases617641633532691943
Total9371144805782952926

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 22nd, 1863, to March 28th, 1863.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 22nd, 1863, to March 28th, 1863.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected202040
DrainsConstructed...44
Improved or repaired121426
Traps fixed191332
CesspoolsAbolished...33
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished123
Pan and trap only furnished.........
Water supply furnished121022
Dust BinsConstructed7612
Repaired and covers adapted12113
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed...11
Relaid9413
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided2...2
Receptacle repaired and cleansed437
Water supply provided.........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired4610
„ cleansed or limewashed271441
„ ventilated.........
Overcrowding abated...22
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued13...13

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