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Islington 1866

[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 28 th DAY OF JULY, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28 th DAY OF JULY, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox1..142....17
Chicken Pox....23..5
Measles....601424..98
Scarlatina1..176125
Whooping Cough....26246..56
Croup....1......1
Diarrhœa16..1841212728376
Dysentery....111..3
Cholera....21....3
Ague......2....2
Continued Fever1..642..13
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever3..213..9
Erysipelas....52....7
Diphtheria......4....4
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....1755..27
Mumps....1......1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh3..101431224183
Pneumonia......33..6
Pleurisy....112..4
Delirium Tremens1..12....4
Insanity4..1....16
Carbuncle1..........1
All other Diseases4984644855521271685
total8089067246381802536

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 1st, 1866, to July 28th, 1866.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 1st, 1866, to July 28th, 1866.

South West District.South East District.North West District.North East DistrictTotal.
Number of houses inspected247196276130849
DrainsConstructed16..29
Improved or repaired302333288
Traps fixed33341437118
CesspoolsAbolished2....13
Cleansed or disinfected......44
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished8....19
Pan and trap only furnished......22
Water supply furnished2329101476
Dust bins[Constructed4372337
Repaired and covers adapted2017142980
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..19..221
Relaid3429..366
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided83..213
Receptacle repaired and cleansed2221201982
Water supply provided8......8
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired11112933
,, cleansed or limewashed153263285
„ ventilated..........
Overcrowding abated..2..35
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1....1

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* For the purposes of Sanitary Inspection, I have divided the Parish 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 the Hornsey Road. The South-West
District is retained by Mr.Mayes, together with Belle Isle, and the South-East by Mr. Dunham; while the
North-West has been assigned to Mr. Flitcroft, and the North-East to Mr. Powell.