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Islington 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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TABLE11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24thDAY OF NOVEMBER, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small pox..14261..50
Chicken Pox..2431..10
Measles....32156..53
Scarlatina..21010....22
"Whooping Cough....34144..52
Croup....1......1
Diarrhœa6..802369124
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera....2......2*
Ague......1....1
Continued Fever13..1391..36
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever4..........4
Rheumatic Fever....321..6
Erysipelas....92....11
Diphtheria....14....5
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....191915..53
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh1222651574715498
Pneumonia....432..9
Pleurisy....311..5
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity1..4......5
Carbuncle....1..1..2
All other Diseases65124154974311361556
Total101199427675171602506

* There were 2 additional cases in a private family.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 28th, 1866, to November 24th, 1866.

West District.East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected140149289
DrainsConstructed91221
Improved or repaired213455
Traps fixed362763
CesspoolsAbolished..11
Cleansed or disinfected336
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished51621
Pan and trap only furnished7815
Water supply furnished273158
Dust bins'Constructed101929
Repaired and covers adapted332962
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed91221
Relaid212243
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..55
Receptacle repaired and cleansed141832
Water supply provided......
Other Improve-mentsHouses generally repaired392564
,, cleansed or limewashed323567
„ ventilated..22
Overcrowding abated7613
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.......