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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 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....195....24
Chicken Pox....12111..24
i Measles....1911....30
Scarlatina1..16431..61
Whooping Cough....6155..26
Croup......1....1
Diarrhœa21722968118
Dysentery....121..4
Cholera..............
Ague......21..3
Continued Fever21471..15
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever5..237..17
Erysipelas....811..10
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....14192..35
ij Mumps....3......3
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh1921751054322366
Pneumonia....532..10
Pleurisy....362..11
Delirium Tremens....1..1..2
Insanity8..21....11
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases67225437215762762205
Total '104269059866503062977

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From June 3rd, 1867, to June 29th, 1867.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From June 3rd, 1867, to June 29th, 1867.

South West District.South East District.North District.Total.
'Number of houses inspected18470145399
DrainsConstructed..516
Improved or repaired2311539
Traps fixed1317737
CesspoolsAbolished..1..1
Cleansed or disinfected........
Trivies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished..4..4
Pan and trap only furnished..4..4
Water supply furnished713121
Dust binsConstructed..2..2
Repaired and covers adapted..628
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed13..4
Relaid1511329
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided2248
Receptacle repaired and cleansed3213449
Water supply provided..224
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired..4..4
„ cleansed or limewashed387918135
„ ventilated........
Overcrowding abated11..2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued12..3

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* 153 Bakehouses were inspected and not included in the above.