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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 3rd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox1..1381..23
Chicken Pox56....11
Measles....211712..50
Scarlatina..17113..22
W hooping Cough....25265..56
Croup....42....6
Diarrhœa3..313*65†1110402
Dysentery..............
Cholera....18‡......18
Ague....1......1
Continued Fever3215121..33
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever5..371..16
Erysipelas....642..12
Diphtheria......2....2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....19103..32
Mumps..1....••..1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh17..3351924338625
Pneumonia....86....14
Pleurisy....13....4
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity2..7......9
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases512450055243417011731
Total822813019245162183069

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* Of which 46 were " Choleraic Diarrhoea." + 4 " Choleraic,"
‡ All but 2 of these cases were attended at first, or throughout, by Private Medical Men ; but as all either ultimately were
sent to the Hospital, or claimed compensation, through their friends, for articles destroyed, I have included them in
this column.

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From September 30th, 1866, to October 27th, 1866.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From September 30th, 1866, to October 27th, 1866.

West District.East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected9252731198
DrainsConstructed62329
Improved or repaired7246118
Traps fixed11739156
CesspoolsAbolished11
Cleansed or disinfected..11
privies and Water Closets'Pan, trap, and water supply furnished202141
Pan and trap only furnished72027
Water supply furnished253156
Dust binsConstructed272249
Repaired and covers adapted602888
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed7916
Relaid453479
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided6814
Receptacle repaired and cleansed392665
Water supply provided11112
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired563288
,, cleansed or limewashed7059129
„ ventilated3I4
Overcrowding abated321749
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued19524