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Islington 1861

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

	Workhouse.	Intannt Poor House.	Out-patient Paupers.	Islington Dispensary.	Holloway Dispensary.	Pentonville Convict Prison.	London Fever Hospital.	Total.
Small Fox	..	..	2	2	..	..	1	5
Chicken Pox	..	..	8	1	3	..	..	12
Measles	1	15	14	9	2	..	1	42
Scarlatina	..	..	11	..	2	..	6	19
Hooping Cough	..	..	43	5	16	..	..	64
Croup	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Diarrhoea	1	..	70	14	36	8	2	131
Dysentery	..	..	2	1	2	..	..	5
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	3
Continued Fever	..	..	9	1	8	..	11*	29
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Rheumatic Fever	3	..	3	2	4	..	2	14
Erysipelas	2	..	8	2	6	..	..	18
Diphtheria	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	21	7	12	..	..	40
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	3	..	148	42	42	..	2	279
Pneumonia	..	..	2	1	2	..	2	8
Pleurisy	..	..	5	2	1	..	2	10
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Insanity	3	..	4	..	..	..	1	8
Carbuncle	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
All other diseases	49	4	616	718	514	152	8	2061
Total	62	20	970	807	654	202	39	2754

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 26th, 1861, to June 29th, 1861.

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 26th, 1861, to June 29th, 1861.

		West Sub-District.	East Sub-District,	Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected		..	14	14
Drains	Constructed	..	2	2
	Improved or repaired	..	28	28
	Traps fixed	..	24	24
Cesspools	Abolished	..	2	2
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	..	..	..
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	1	1
	Water supply furnished	..	3	3
Dust-Bins	Constructed	..	5	5
Dust-Bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	4	4
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	..	..
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	..	15	15
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	..	10	10
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	..	7	7
	Water supply provided	..	7	7
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	..	23	23
	,, cleansed or limewashed	..	23	23
	,, ventilated	..	..	..
Overcrowding abated		..	..	..
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		..	..	..

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Islington 1861

Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 26th, 1861, to June 29th, 1861.

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