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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.NSW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING TH EFOURWEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF MAY, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLEII.

NSW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING TH EFOUR

WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF MAY, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Fox....1921..22
Chicken Pox....8......8
Measles....72....9
Scarlatina....872..17
Whooping Cough1238187..66
Croup......2....2
Diarrhœa1..29237262
Dysentery....11....2
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever1..2121..16
Puerperal Fever............8
Rheumatic Fever....251..
Erysipelas1..612..10
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....13179..39
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh5..128654114253
Pneumonia....123..6
Pleurisy....751..13
Delirium Tremens5..1......6
Insanity2..7......9
Carbuncle........1..1
All other Diseases3311458491521761590
Total4913736654597922141

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 30th, 1865, to May 27th, 1865.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 30th, 1865, to May 27th, 1865.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected5449103
DrainsConstructed527
Improved or repaired101727
Traps fixed132437
CesspoolsAbolished1..1
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished7..7
Pan and trap only furnished......
Water supply furnished382361
Dust binsConstructed141731
Repaired and covers adapted61218
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..55
Relaid152237
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided8..8
Receptacle repaired and cleansed91625
Water supply provided5..5
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired1..1
,, cleansed or limewashed124360
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated325
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleepin discontinued3..3