London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox....62....8
Chicken Pox....31....4
Measles....93....12
Scarlatina....1644..24
Whooping Cough....3857..50
Croup..............
Diarrhœa3..12147268
Dysentery....11....2
Cholera..............
Ague......1....1
Continued Fever....23107..40
Puerperal Fever......1....1
Rheumatic Fever3..476..20
Erysipelas3..103....16
Dephtheria........1..1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....18275..50
Mumps....2......2
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh1112681365242513
Pneumonia1..829..20
Pleurisy....331..7
Delirium2..........2
Insanity4..5....110
Carbuncle......2....2
All other Diseases4444294764381281519
Total7458856985371732372

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From October 29th, 1865, to November 25th, 1865.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Special InspectionTotal.
Number of houses inspected9496478608*
Constructed23..5
Improved or repaired?4252675
Traps fixed1429143186
CesspoolsAbolished1....1
Cleansed or disinfected..1..1
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished61..7
Pan and trap only furnished....1515
Water supply furnished121387112
Dust binsConstructed433138
Repaired and covers adapted10117394
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed46717
Relaid1417637
General WaterNew receptacle provided49..6
Receptacle repaired and cleansed446977
Water supply provided........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired433138
„ cleansed or limewashed2014..34
,, ventilated2....2
Overcrowding abated32..5
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2....2

*Re-inspections by Special Inspectors, 906 additional.