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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....121....13
Chicken Pox....42....6
Measles....11..1..12
Scarlatina....15275..47
Whooping Cough....42261..69
Croup....2......2
Diarrhœa3..11863228214
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera......1....1
Ague..............
Continued Fever....9194..32
Puerperal Fever......2....2
Rheumatic Fever2....35..10
Erysipelas....5102..17
Diphtheria....13....4
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....213016..67
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh6..1134235..247
Pneumonia....5..3..8
Pleurisy....64....10
Delirium Tremens2..41....7
Insanity4..11....116
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases43166206455942162134
Total601610298806832462919

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

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From August 27th. 1865, to September 30th, 1865.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Total.
Number of houses inspected113131244*
DrainsConstructed13417
Improved or repaired21 242748 55
Traps fixed31
Abolished1..1
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and WaterPan, trap, and water supply furnished426
Pan and trap only furnished2..2
Water supply furnished..1313
Dust binsConstructed..66
Repaired and covers adapted141933
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..33
Relaid131831
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..11
Receptacle repaired and cleansed121123
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired..99
,, cleansed or limewashed171936
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated..22
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued4..4

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* In addition to these, 3130 houses have been visited by the Special Inspectors.