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Islington 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLEII.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29 THDAY OF APRIL, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLEII.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29 THDAY OF APRIL, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....195..125
Chicken Fox....52....7
Measles....5......5
Scarlatina....551..11
hooping Cough....20115..36
Croup....111..3
Diarrhœa1..25103140
Dysentery..............
Cholera..............
Ague....2......2
Continued Fever2..17....10
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1..191..12
Erysipelas....21....3
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....251910..54
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh12..2231255820433
Pneumonia......2....2
Pleurisy....532..10
Delirium Tremens....2......2
Insanity3..3......6
Carbuncle....11....2
All other Diseases4912452491500931597
Total68127986935811152267

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 2nd, 1865, to April 29th, 1865.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 2nd, 1865, to April 29th, 1865.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected6952121
DrainsConstructed12416
Improved or repaired282654
Traps fixed222648
CesspoolsAbolished......
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished213
Pan and trap only furnished1..1
Water supply furnished82331
Dust binsConstructed4711
Repaired and covers adapted111829
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed......
Relaid221941
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided......
Receptacle repaired and cleansed10717
Water supply provided2810
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired11112
„ cleansed or limewashed43842
„ ventilated1..1
Overcrowding abated628
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2..2