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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 JULY, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

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

Workhouse.j Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox1..721..ii
Chicken Pox....45....9
Measles....2751..33
Scarlatina....1343....56
Whooping Cough.. 4..914..14
Croup..............
Diarrhœa3..163974081384
Dysentery• •..2......2
Cholera....1......1
Ague........1..1
Continued Fever1..36....10
Influenza............. .
Puerperal Fever........••... .
Rheumatic Fever2..133..9
Erysipelas1..10..••..11
Diphtheria......3....3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....12296148
Mumps....2......2
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh161102564125241
Pneumonia......6118
Pleurisy....441..9
Delirium Tremens2..1......3
Insanity3..2.,....5
Carbuncle.....1..1
All other Diseases49164625695622471905
Total78178258296623552766

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 1st, 1867, to July 27th., 1867.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 1st, 1867, to July 27th., 1867.

South West District.South East District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected178130205513
DrainsConstructed..358
Improved or repaired2211538
Traps fixed21203374
CesspoolsAbolished....22
Cleansed or disinfected1....1
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished413320
Pan and trap only furnished13711
Water supply furnished1632149
Dust binsConstructed1618
Repaired and covers adapted24915
Surface Drains andConstructed..213
Pavements of YardsRelaid19293280
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided4116
Receptacle repaired and cleansed28232879
Water supply provided1..23
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired2153148
,, cleansed or lime washed356146142
,, ventilated........
Overcrowding abated6118
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........

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* 93 Bakehouses wore inspected and not included in the above.