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Islington 1865

[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 28th DAY OF JANUARY, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JANUARY, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....712..10
Chicken Pox....25....7
Measles555095..74
Scarlatina....1663..25
Whooping Cough....11..11..22
Croup....21....3
Diarrhœa....1574..26
Dysentery....1......1
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever1..824..15
Puerperal Fever....1......1
Rheumatic Fever......24..6
Erysipelas....942..15
Diphtheria....1..2..3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....1597132
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh22..2911179534559
Pneumonia......21..3
Pleurisy....61119
Delirium Tremens1..2......3
Insanity4..4......8
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases3574704654141101531
Total68129126315851462354

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 1st, 1865, to January 28th, 1865.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 1st, 1865, to January 28th, 1865.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected11128139
DrainsConstructed10..10
Improved or repaired101525
Traps fixed13821
CesspoolsAbolished1..1
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished415
Pan and trap only furnished..22
Water supply furnished10515
Dust binsConstructed167
Repaired and covers adapted10313
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..22
Relaid9716
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided3..3
Receptacle repaired and cleansed639
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired134
„ cleansed or lime washed31518
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated358
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued...22