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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 TIIE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22 nd DAY OF AUGUST, 1863, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING TIIE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22 nd DAY OF AUGUST, 1863, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Hollowny Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small pox....2461...31
Chicken pox......3...1...4
Measles......92......11
searlatina......39148...61
Whooping Cough1...2864...39
Croup......12......3
Diarrhœa6...23311035...407
Dysentery......1.........1
Cholera.....................
Ague............1...1
Continued Fever1...1427......42
puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever......22......4
Erysipelas......143......17
Diphtheria......22......4
Sorethroat or Tonsilllitis2...492110...97
Mumps......1.........l
Bronchitis and Catarrh4...1074543...199
pneumonia......32......5
pleurisy......221...5
Delilrium Tremens............1...1
Insanity1...2...1...4
Carbuncle.....................
All other Diseases4215854605661311785
Total57111247046721642722

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From July 26th, 1863, to August 22nd, 1863.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From July 26th, 1863, to August 22nd, 1863.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses insnected...44
DrainsConstructed...66
Improved or repaired262753
Traps fixed433376 21
CesspoolsAbolished183
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, ana water supply furnished Pan and trap only furnished19221
31417
Dust Binsonstructed77
Repaired and covers adapted19726
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed33
Relaid21930
General WaterNew receptacle provided1919
Receptacle repaired and cleansed4812
Water supply provided.........
Other ImproveHouses generally repaired...1212
„ cleansed or limewashed141327
„ ventuated Overcrowding abated-33
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued...22