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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 23rd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....3553..43
Chicken Pox....124....16
Measles....1152..18
Scarlatina....16109..35
Whooping Cough....12118..31
Croup4....11..2
Diarrhœa....26137858
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera......4.....
Ague6............
Continued Fever....342..15
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever3............
Rheumatic Fever....1110..15
Erysipelas....617..14
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....81826..52
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh19..3501719445679
Pneumonia....332..8
Pleurisy....433..10
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity10..6......16
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases50174395764341531669
Total92179328286082062683

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From January 27th, 1867, to February 23rd, 1867.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From January 27th, 1867, to February 23rd, 1867.

South West District.South East District.North West District.North East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected197152142..491
DrainsConstructed131..5
Improved or repaired2611....37
Traps fixed53233..79
CesspoolsAbolished121..4
Cleansed or disinfected....2..2
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished4..4..8
Pan and trap only furnished....2..2
Water supply furnished24136..43
Dust bins........Constructe144....18
Repaired and covers adapted10141..25
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed57....12
Relaid3254..41
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided72....9
Receptacle repaired and cleansed46132..61
Water supply provided4......4
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired932..14
,, cleansed or limewashed1368..27
„ ventilated..........
Overcrowding abated Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued111....12
52....7