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 n.

NEW CASE8 OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 1st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....52....7
Chicken Pox....5..1..11
Measles....1342..19
Scarlatina....29..12..49
Whooping Cough....1177..25
Croup....14....5
Dfiarrhoea8..12147236205
Dysentery......1....1
Chlorea....2• •....2
Ague..............
Continued Fever.....10..2..20
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....143..8
Erysipelas3..645..18
Diaptheria............2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....322110..63
Mumps....1......1
Pyaemia..........
Bronchitis and Catarrh1..1765547..307
Pnenmonia....2144..20
Pleurisy....1..1
Delirium Tremens....1..1
Insanity113......14
Carbuncle1..1
All other Diseases3086094726571981974
Total53910286597742312754

TABLE III.

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

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
6993162
DrainsConstructed13114
Improved or repaired162036
Traps fixed352257
CesspoolsAbolished448
Cleansed or disinfected....
Privies and Water ClosetsPan trap, and water supply furnished3..
1Pan and trap only furnished....
Water supply furnished251944
Dust binsConstructed51419
Repaired and covers adapted20929
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..1111
111425
General WaterNew receptacle provided336
Receptacle repaired and cleansed141428
Water supply provided....
Other ImprovementsHouse generally repaired31417
„ cleansed or lime washed292251
, ventilated....
Overcrowding abated....
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.448