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

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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 29 th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Fox....284....32
Chicken Fax..3942..18
Measles....531538..106
Scarlatina..116136..36
Whooping Cough1..24147..46
Croup. ...12....3
Diarrhœa11..1490*12141191682
Dysentery. ...24. ...6
Cholera....33†... ...33
Ague......1....1
Continued Fever. .2‡575..19
Influenza. .............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....1112..14
Erysipelas2..622..12
Diphtheria. .....3. ...3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....141611..41
Mumps....11. ...2
Pyaemia. ........ .....
Bronchitis and Catarrh21..159964037353
Pneumonia....61....7
Pleurisy. ...4... ...4
Delirium Tremens2..1......3
Insanity4..2......6
Carbuncle........5..5
All other Diseases107446655375351872075
total1485025208526942434507

* Of which. 46 were "Choleraic Diarrhœa."
+ Some of these cases were attended at first, or throughout, by Private Medical Men: but as all either ultimately were
pent to the Hospital, or claimed compensation, through their friends, for articles destroyed, I have included them in
this column.
‡ "Typhoid."

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From August 27th, 1866, to September 29th, 1866.

West District.East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected5515251076
DrainsConstructed12829
Improved or repaired58691
Traps fixed3276108
Cesspools.Abolished..1111
Cleansed or disinfected358
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished12728
Pan and trap only furnished..2929
Water supply furnished1996115
Dust binsConstructed1290102
Repaired and covers adapted23102125
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed82836
Relaid1387100
General WaterSupplyNew receptacle provided23739
Receptacle repaired and cleansed122638
Water supply provided..1919
Other Improve- meutsHouses generally repaired175976
„ cleansed or limewaahed1685101
„ ventilated..66
..2424
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..55