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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 S.4.TURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING S.4.TURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....3......3
Chicken Pox....311..5
Measles....1247..23
Scarlating....1023..15
Whooping Cough....758..20
Croup......2....2
Diarrhoea4..2101323814398
Dysentery1..1....2
Cholera....61....7
Ague..............
Continued Fever....5121..18
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1..2115
Erysipelas2..522..11
Diptheria......
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....2218343
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh1..68262517137
Pneumonia......2....2
Pleurisy....41....5
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Insanity3..1......4
Carbuncle..12....3
All other diseases17125083605081041515
Total29128695775971352219

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 30th, 1864, to August 27t,hf 1864.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 30th, 1864, to August 27t,hf 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
7242114
DrainsConstructed11112
Improved or repaired21113
Traps fixed61117
Abolished......
Cleansed or disinfected112
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supplv furnished ..1..1
Pan and trap only furnished......
Water supply furnished914
Dust binsConstructed..77
Repaired and covers adapted314
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed....5
Relaid....3
General WaterNew receptacle provided3..3
Receptacle repaired and cleansed5..9
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired......
,, cleansed or limewashed..1414
,, ventilated.......
......
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..167