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Islington 1867

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

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Table: TABLE 11.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF JANUARY, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF JANUARY, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox112552..34
Chicken Pox....56....11
Measles....1832..23
Scarlatina....1278..27
Whooping CoughI..22155..43
Croup......51..6
Diarrhœa5..891932
Dysentery....12....3
Cholera..............
Ague1....8....1
Continued Fever4..114..27
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....1......1
Rheumatic Fever1..2..2..5
Erysipelas....54....9
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....52012..37
Mumps....1......1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh45..4401458959778
Pneumonia2..4313..22
Pleurisy....362..11
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Insanity5..2......7
Carbuncle....31....4
All other Diseases29113954284091271399
Total94129646675501952482

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,1 From December 30th, 1866, to January 26th, 1867.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,1 From December 30th, 1866, to January 26th, 1867.

SouthWestDistrict.South East District.North West District.North East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected12312312077443
DrainsConstructed..23712
Improved or repaired2291243
Traps fixed30441553
CesspoolsAbolished..........
Cleansed or disinfected......22
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished2......2
Pan and trap only furnished1....1
Water supply furnished742720
Dust binsConstructed13..37
Repaired and covers adapted21....1233
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed13217
Relaid133..1430
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided3..3..6
Receptacle repaired and cleansed2341239
Water supply provided..........
Other Improve mentsHouses generally repaired1....1314
„cleansed or limewashed21..32246
„ Ventilated..........
Overcrowding abated101..112
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued31....4

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* There has been much less Sanitary work than usual carried out this month in consequence of the
bad and severe weather.