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

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Islington 1863

[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 23 rdDAY OF MAY, 1863, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox1...932713...134
Chicken Pox...1...21...4
Measles......252014...59
Scarlatina......221213...47
Whooping Cough...314104...31
Croup......2.........2
Diarrhœ1...16156242
Dysentery....................
Cholera.....................
Ague......11......2
Continued Fever1...11142...28
Puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever1...251...9
Erysipelas......713...11
Diphtheria.........4......4
Sorethret or Tonsillitis......29811...48
Mumps......1.........1
Bronchitis and Catarrh8...155584614282
Pneumonia......1...3...4
Pleurisy......322...7
Delirium Tremens.....................
Insanity1...............1
Carbuncle.....................
All other Diseases2845554055731211686
Total4189405846921372402

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 26tfc, 1863, to May 23rd, 1863.

Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected354277
DrainsConstructed426
Improved or repaired141731
Traps fixed261743
CesspoolsAbolished4...4
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished9...11
Pan and trap only furnished.........
Water supply furnished71219
Dust BinsConstructed4711
Repaired and covers adapted549
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed...99
Relaid101323
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided...44
Receptacle repaired and cleansed437
Water supply provided...11
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired...88
„ cleansed or limewashed111223
„ ventilated1...1
Overcrowding abated...33
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........