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Islington 1865

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

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TABLE II.

N ew cases of disease coming under treatment during the four

weeks ending saturday, the 26th day of august, 1865, at the following institutions:—

	Workhouse.	Infant Poor House.	Out Patient Paupers.	Holloway Dispensary.	Islington Dispensary.	Pentonville Convict Prison.	Total.
Small Pox	1	..	20	3	2	..	26
Chicken Pox	..	..	5	2	..	..	7
Measles	..	..	10	3	1	..	14
Scarlatina	..	..	16	9	..	..	25
Whooping Cough	..	..	28	23	5	..	56
Croup	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Diarrhœa	6	..	83	74	19		189
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Continued Fever	..	..	4	13	2	..	19
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	1	..	..	2	2	..	5
Erysipelas	1	..	9	..	4	..	14
Diphtheria	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	8	12	11	..	31
Mumps	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	2	..	88	34	20	27	171
Pneumonia	..	1	4	1	1	..	7
Pleurisy	1	..	4	2	2	..	9
Delirium Tremens	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Insanity	6	..	5	1	..	..	12
Carbuncle	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
All other Diseases	29	8	371	490	441	129	1468
Total	47	9	657	673	510	163	2059

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TABLE III,

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 30th, 1865, to August 26th, 1865.

		West Sub-District.	East Sub-District.	Total.
Number of houses inspected		140	196	336*
Drains	Constructed	13	2	15
	Improved or repaired	21	30	51
	Traps fixed	20	34	54
Cesspools	Abolished	..	..	..
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	..	..	..
	Pan and trap only furnished	34	..	34
	Water supply furnished	3	27	30
Dust bins	Constructed	8	4	12
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	3	13	16
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	7	7
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	31	14	45
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	6	2	8
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	2	11	13
	Water supply provided	..	..	..
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	..	5	5
	,, cleansed or limewashed	4	17	21
	,, ventilated	1	..	1
Overcrowding abated		3	2	5
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		9	..	9

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*These houses were inspected by Inspectors Durham and Mayes during the months of July and August.