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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.MEW CASKS OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

MEW CASKS OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox1..6..3..10
Chicken Pox....352..10
Measles....31......31
Scarlatina....1245..21
Whooping Cough....1332..18
Croup......2....2
Diarrhæa1..20136..40
Dysentery..............
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever.....695..20
Puerperal Fever............
Rheumatic Fever1..134..9
Erysipelas....631..10
Diptheria....6....6
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....11226..39
Mumps....1......1
Pymia..........
Bronchitis and Catarrh14..2691187447523
Pneamonia....234..9
Pleurisy....2..2..4
Dellrium Tremene2..1......3
InsanityI..3......4
CarbuncleI....1..2
All other Diseases2l20427416545951524
Total42218146076601422286

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 30th, 1864, to November 26th, 1864.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 30th, 1864, to November 26th, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Numbers of houses inspected4460104
DrainsConstructed15419
Improved or repaired31114
Traps fixed341549
CamphoolsAbolished538
Cleansed or disinfected.....,
Privies and WaterPan, trap, and water supply furnished6814
Pan and trap only furnished5..5
Waste supply furnished131427
Dust binsConstructed31417
Relaid23528
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsNew receptacle provided..44
Receptacle repaired and closed131225
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided9615
Receptacle repaired and cleansed8917
Water supply4..4
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired246
" cleansed or limewashed101424
" ventilated..22
Overcrowded abated4..4
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued......