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Islington 1864

[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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JULY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JULY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Ilolloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....3......3
Chicken Pox....221..5
Measles..13018..40
Scarlating....1747..28
Whooping Cough..11174..23
Croup....1......1
Diarrhœa7..15659234249
Dysentery..............
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever....6151..22
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever......21..3
Erysipelas1..542..12
Diptheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....21176..44
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchities and Catarrrh5..573322..129
Pneumonia....1..3..4
Pleurisy....61....7
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity1..3......4
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases42105693584931041576
Total56128885055711202152

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 3rd, 1864, to July 30th, 1864.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 3rd, 1864, to July 30th, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected10366169
Privies and Water ClosetsConstructed2810
Improved or repaired81725
Trap fixed72431
CesspoolsAbolished336
Cleansed or disinfected1..1
Privies and Water ClosetsC Pan, trap, and water supply furnished ....22
Pan and trap only furnished4..4
Water supply furnished31114
Dust binsConstructed..99
Repaired and covers adapted6410
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..22
Relaid21618
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..33
Receptacle repaired and cleansed279
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired459
Cleansed or limewashed61622
„ ventilated1..1
Overcrowding abated..44
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued1..1