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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 27th DAY OF JUNE, 1863, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:-

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF JUNE, 1863, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:-

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox......821310...105
Chicken Pox...11151...18
Measles......43135...61
Scarlatina......23128...43
Whooping Cough......22810...40
Croup.....................
Diarrhœa5...542723...114
Dysentery.........1......1
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever2...817......29
Puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever2...31......6
Erysipelas......622...10
Diphtheria.........2......2
Sorethreat or Tonsillitis......36176564
Mumps......3.........3
Bronchitis and Catarrh12...225525435378
Pneumonia Pleurisy......1 5213...4
Delirium Tremens2......2......4
Insanity......6.........9
Carbuncle.....1.........1
All other Diseases43136345577191932159
Total691411637318442383059

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 29tl, 1863, to June 27th, 1863.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 29tl, 1863, to June 27th, 1863.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected...3636
DrainsConstructed21...21
Improved or repaired51217
Traps fixed32941
CesspoolsAbolished516
Cleansed or disinfected1...1
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, ana water supply furnished1...1
Pan and trap only furnished1...1
Water supply furnished12820
Dust BinsConstructed639
Repaired and covers adapted336
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed.........
Relaid6410
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided516
Receptacle repaired and cleansed2...2
Water supply provided.........
Other ImprovementsDouses generally repaired10414
„ cleansed or limewashed2016...
„ ventilated.........
Overcrowding abated.........
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued...77