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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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25 th DAY OF AUGUST, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.*Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox2..17..1..20
Chicken Fox..143....8
Measles....343227..93
Scarlatina....845..17
Whooping Cough....13167..36
Croup....1......1
Diarrhœa11..1516†19642291794
Dysentery....121..4
Cholera....463....49‡
Ague....321..6
Continued Fever116||73..29
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....1......1
Rheumatic Fever3..1......8
Erysipelas2..6......8
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1..19133..36
Mumps....1......1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh15..13566821245
Pneumonia....62....8
Pleurisy....314
Delirium Tremens1..1......2
Insanity3..5......8
Carbuncle......11..2
All other Diseases58145035264701621733
total971723408755732124114

* The cases attended by Messrs. Macleod and Turner, on behalf of the Yestry are included in this coloumn,
+ Of these, 133 cases are returned as "Choleraic Diarrhœa."
‡ In addition to this number, there have been 7 " private " cases.
|| Four of these were cases of "Typhus" from No. 1, Birch Place, Elder Walk.
§ " Typhoid" Fever.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 29th, 1866, to August 25th, 1866.

South West District.South East District.North "NVest District.North East DistrictTotal.
Number of houses inspected5806652411521638
DrainsConstructed17..412
Improved or repaired3713..3686
Traps fixed45292042136
CesspoolsAbolished2....35
Cleansed or disinfected......77
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished4..14321
Pan and trap only furnished77..115
Water supply furnished2834102193
Dust binsConstructed31161737
Repaired and covers adapted2123101973
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..19..120
Relaid.........1937..258
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided42..410
Receptacle repaired and cleansed40533014137
Water supply provided12....3
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired81121738
„ cleansed or limewashed2636440146
„ ventilated......33
Overcrowding abated541919
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued12....3