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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF MARCH, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER. TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF MARCH, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.H olloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....4355..53
Chicken Pox....12....3
Measles....862..16
Scarlatina....4131..18
Whooping Cough....20911..40
Croup......2....2
Diarrhœa4..21235962
Dysentery......3....3
Cholera..............
Ague......3....3
Continued Fever....1692..27
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever......22..4
Rheumatic Fever....2..3..5
Erysipelas....972..18
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....5265..36
Mumps..............
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh31..4192138757808
Pneumonia1..242..9
Pleurisy....92....11
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity6..5......11
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases84166266985822072213
Total12617119010297092733344

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 24th, 1867, to March 30th, 1867.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 24th, 1867, to March 30th, 1867.

South West District.South East District.North West District.North East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected14717296..415
DrainsConstructed237..12
Improved or repaired21113..36
Traps fixed40135..58
CesspoolsAbolished....2..2
Cleansed or disinfected....3..3
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished2..3..5
Pan and trap only furnished..........
Water supply furnished2372..32
Dust binsConstructed12....3
Repaired and covers adapted771..5
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed271..10
Relaid2092..31
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provide33....6
Receptacle repaired and cleansed2513....38
Water supply provided..........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired47....11
„ cleansed or limewashed14139..6
„ ventilated..........
Overcrowding abated721..10
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued52....7