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

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Islington 1864

[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 23th DAY OF MAY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox......14.........14
Chicken Pox......42......6
Measles...1802828...137
Scarlatina......993...21
Whooping Cough...3444...15
Croup......31......4
Diarrhœa......26118247
Dysentery.....................
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever6*...6126...30
Puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever............1...1
Erysipelas......13......4
Diphtheria.....................
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis......191513148
Mumps.....................
Bronchitis and Catarrh92147523725272
Pneumonia......612...9
Pleurisy......5...1...6
Delirium Tremens......1.........1
Insanity3...4...1...8
Carbuncle.........2......2
All other Diseases396481398509871520
Total57128105386131152145

*All cases of "typhus." Four of them were "tramps," but the other two were "the bathman" and the
"attendant in the bath room."

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 1st, 1864, to May 28th, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected.........
DrainsConstructed2...2
Improved or repaired9918
Traps fixed141024
CesspoolsAbolished.........
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished224
Pan and trap only furnished2...2
Water supply furnished171027
Dust BinsConstructed8412
Repaired and covers adapted19928
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed123
Relaid6813
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided4...4
Receptacle repaired and cleansed336
Water supply provided.........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired156
„ cleansed or limewashed292251
„ ventilated.........
Overcroeding abated1...1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........