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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 30 TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

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

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Hollo way Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox......811...10
Chicken Pox......3–1...4
Measles3...1214...20
Scarlatina......1027...19
Whooping Cough...1152211...49
Croup......62......8
Diarrhoea2...23132545
Dysentery.........2......2
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever.....941...14
Puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever3...242...11
Erysipelas2...6...2...10
Diphtheria.....................
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis......15168...39
Mumps.....................
Bronchitis and Catarrh27...34215412924676
Pneumonia......1231...16
Pleurisy......642...12
Delirium Tremens. ...................
Insanity2...2.........4
Carbuncle.....11......2
All other Diseases4734283965721021548
Total8649006257431312489

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 2nd, 1864, to January 30th, 1864.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 2nd, 1864, to January 30th, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected271441
DrainsConstructed8...8
Improved or repaired71118
Traps fixed161026
CesspoolsAbolished...11
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished......11
1'an and trap only furnished...44
Water supply furnished7714
Dust BinsConstructed314
Repaired and covers adapted13618
Surface Drains andPavements of YardsConstructed.........
Relaid5510
New receptacle provided.........
Receptacle repaired and cleansed437
SupplyWater supply piuvided• ••.... . .
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired3...3
„ cleansed or limewashed11617
„ ventilated...44
Overcrowding abated924
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued213