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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 29TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29TH 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....31....5
Chicken Pox....154..10
Measles....95o..16
Scarlatina....1735..25
Whooping Cough....442..10
Croup....34....7
Diarrhæa....431611..70
Dysentery....2......2
Cholera..........
Ague..........
Continued Fever....712....19
Puerperal Fever..........
Rheumatic Fever....45....9
Erysipelas2..1054..21
Diptheria..........
Sorethroat or Tonsillis....341213..59
Mumps............
Pyæmia........
Bronchitis and Catarrh8..262816835454
Pneumonia....49518
Pleurisy....4..1..5
D3elirium Tremens1..3......4
Insanity3..3......6
Carbuncle1..........1
All other diseases19134644176021141629
Total34148775797171492370

Table: TABLEIII.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 2nd, 1864, to October 29th, 1864.

TABLEIII.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 2nd, 1864, to October 29th, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected62935
Constructed415
Improved or repaired61319
Traps fixed71320
Abolished145
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished ......4
Pan and trap only furnished......
Water supply furnished3811
Dust binsConstructed1910
Reapired and covers adapted134
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed......
Relaid178
General WaterNew receptacle provided235
Receptacle repaired and cleansed..22
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired268
' cleansed or limewashed369
" ventilated......
Overcrowding Abated3..3
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued1..1