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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 27th DAY OF APRIL, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF APRIL, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox..3549..48
Chicken Pox....21....3
Measles....953..17
Scarlatina....84....12
Whooping Cough..311196..39
Croup......1....1
Diarrhœa9..10201545
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever2..1072..21
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever......4....4
Rheumatic Fever....332..8
Erysipelas1..331..8
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis2..10227..41
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh13..215885946421
Pneumonia......52..7
Pleurisy....432..9
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity4..51....10
Carbuncle....11....2
All other Diseases53264855574881811790
Total84298127505822322489

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From March 31st, 1867, to April 27th, 1867.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From March 31st, 1867, to April 27th, 1867.

West District.East District.Total.
Number of houses inspected164305469
DrainsConstructed134
Improved or repaired392867
Traps fixed281947
CesspoolsAbolished..11
Cleansed or disinfected..11
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished......
Pan and trap only furnished, ,11
Water supply furnished16521
Dust binsConstructed1111
Repaired and covers adapted8412
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..11
Relaid20929
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided3..3
Receptacle repaired and cleansed132235
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired5712
„ cleansed or lime washed103242
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated167
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..22