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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 OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out-patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Hollo way Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.London Fever Hospital.Total.
Small Pox................
Chicken Pox..2....3....5
Meales....14..3....17
Scarlatina....1138..1133
Hooping Cough....917....17
Croup....2..2....4
Diarrhœa4..16243..29
Dysentery....21......3
Cholera................
Ague....1........1
Continued Fever....7420..124*155
Puerperal Fever............11
Rheumatic Fever1..532....11
Erysipelas....822....12
Diphtheria......••2....2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....305151253
Pyæmia................
Bronchitis and Catarrh21..2455399395462
Pneumonia....132..511
Plesurisy....2..2..15
Delirium Tremens......1......1
Insanity2..3........5
Carbuncle....11......2
All other diseases421150154243612961†1722
Total70138586216071 1722102551

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*118 "Typhus/'and 6 "Typhoid."
†This includes diseases not yet specified.

Table: HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 26th, 1862, to February 22nd, 1862.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 26th, 1862, to February 22nd, 1862.

WestSub-District. †East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected6172133
DrainsConstructed..1111
Improved or repaired51823
Traps fixed162945
CesspoolsAbolished178
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap,and water supply furnished268
Pan and trap only furnished......
Water supply furnished92029
Dust-BinsConstructed347
Repaired and covers adapted201434
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed112
Relaid42226
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..22
Receptacle repaired and cleansed189
Water supply provided..11
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired..88
,, cleansed or limewashed91423
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated6l7
Illegal use of underground Rooms for slepping discontiuued11..11