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 II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

IWorkhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox1..8..1..10
Chicken Pox....241..7
Measles....42139..75
scaralating....1719....36
Whooping Cough....1839..30
Croup....22....4
Diarrhæa2..2483..38
dysentery....2..1..3
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever....1074..21
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1..432..10
Erysipelas1..644..15
Diptheria......23..4
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....27258..62
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia......1....1
Bronchitis and Catarrh23..29311472..534
Oneomonia....314..8
Pleurisy....41117
Delirium Tremens....11....2
Insanity....5......7
Carbulance..............
All other Diseases5394974685531221702
Total83209066766751582578

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 27th, 1864, to December 3lst, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sab-District.Whole Parish.
98112210
DrainsConstructed..53
Improved or repaired7714
Traps fixed628
Abolished..11
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan. trap, and water supply furnished246
Pan and trap only furnished1....
Water supply furnished437
Constructed......
Repaired and covers adapted4..4
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed......
Relaid3..3
General WaterNew receptacle provided538
Receptacle repaired and cleansed8..8
Water supply provided......
Other Improve meatsHouses genernlly repaired8210
cleansed or limewashed246
( ,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated112
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued......