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Islington 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Hollovoy Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox.....3.........3
chiken Pox......2...5...7
Measles......4656...57
Scarlatina......2175...33
Whooping Cough1...953...18
Croup.....................
Diarrhœa6...9930603198
Dysentery.........1......1
cholera.....................
Ague............1...1
Continued Fever2...27813...50
Puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever1...1.........2
Ervsipelas......534...12
Diphtheria............5...5
Sorethrcat or Tonsillitis1...291716...63
Pytemia.....................
Bronchitis and Catarrh3...199437411336
Pneumonia......115...7
Pleurisy......2...2...4
Delirium Tremens1.................1
Insanity2...4.........6
Carbuncle........1......1
All other Diseases42116157294841192000
Total591110638506831392805

Table: TABLE II.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From August 24th, 1862, to September 27th, 1862.

TABLE II.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From August 24th, 1862, to September 27th, 1862.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected30..30
DrainsConstructed6..6
Improved or repaired10313
Traps fixed16723
CesspoolsAbolished538
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished.538
Pan and trap only furnished...33
Water supply furnihsed145
Dust BinsConstructed1...1
Repaired and covers adapted235
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed...33
Repaired and covers adapted538
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided2...2
Receptacle repaired and cleansed...33
Water supply provided.........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired.........
„ cleansed or limewashed7310
„ ventilated.........
Other Improve- ments.2...2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........

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