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Islington 1866

[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 FIVE
WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JUNE, 1866, AT THE
FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JUNE, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:-

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....253....28
Chicken Pox....49....13
Measles....724323..138
Scarlatina....1165..22
Whooping Cough....373811..86
Croup......2....2
Diarrhœa3..7140613133
Dysentery..............
Cholera......1....1
Ague....1......1
Continued Fever4..961..20
Influenza....2......2
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1..37....11
Erysipelas2..1031..16
Diphtheria....11....2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....24138..45
Mumps....1......1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh131196723832352
Pneumonia....313..7
Pleurisy....31217
Delirium Tremens1..1......2
Insanity5..4......9
Carbuncle........1..1
All other Diseases6475356116121341993
Total93810138577411802892

TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,
From May 27th, 1866, to June 30th, 1866.

TABLE III.

HOPUSES INSPECTED AND SANTARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 27th, 1866, to June 30th, 1866.

South West District.South East District.North West District.North East DistrictTotal.
Number of houses inspected273262272137944
Drains...Constructed213....15
Improved or repaired333242594
Traps fixed3G412857162
CesspoolsAbolished2......2
Cleansed or disinfected..........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished262111
Pan and trap only furnished......11
Water supply furnished13291940101
Dust binsConstructed..7184166
Repaired and covers adapted3214..55101
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..11..112
Relaid1915..236
General WaterSupplyNew receptacle provided..145120
Receptacle repaired and cleansed41293136137
Water supply provided..1....1
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired71721042
„ cleansed or limewashed32471482175
„ ventilated..........
Overcrowding abated..2114
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1....1

* For the purposes of Sanitary Inspection, I have divided the Pariah into four Districts by two
lines—one passing from East to West along Paul's Road and the line of the North London Railway; the other
from South to North along the Upper Street to Ring Cross, and then along tho Hornsey Road. The South-West
District is retained by Mr. Mayes, together with Belle Isle, and tho South-East by Mr. Dunham; while the
North-West has been assigned to Mr. Flitcroft, and the North-East to Mr. Powell.