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Islington 1861

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Table: TABLE II .NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF JULY, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

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TABLE II .

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF JULY, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

	Workhouse.	Infant Poor House.	Out-patient Paupers.	Islington Dispensary.	Holloway Dispensary.	Pentonville Convict Prison.	London Fever Hospital.	Total.
Small Pox	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	2
Chicken Pox	..	2	7	1	1	..	..	11
Measles	..	4	6	5	3	..	..	18
Scarlatina	..	..	14	3	4	..	5	26
Hooping Cough	..	4	26	5	17	..	..	52
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa	4	..	155	30	59	19	1	268
Dysentery	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
Cholera	..	..	1	..	2	..	..	3
Ague	..	..	1	..	4	..	..	5
Continued Fever	..	..	20	2	9	..	10*	41
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	3
Erysipelas	1	..	7	1	1	..	..	10
Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	27	5	11	..	1	44
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	8	1	90	21	22	34	..	176
Pneumonia	..	1	3	1	4	..	3	12
Pleurisy	..	. .	5	1	1	..	..	7
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	.	..	..	..	..
Insanity	1	..	3	..	..	..	..	⁴
Carbuncle	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
All other diseases	40	2	451	546	369	142	8	1558
Total	54	14	819	624	508	195	29	2243

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* "Typhus "3; "Typhoid" 7.

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From June 29th, 1861. to July 27th, 1861.

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From June 29th, 1861. to July 27th, 1861.

		West Sub-District.	East Sub-District.	Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected		..	..	..
Drains	Constructed	..	2	2
	Improved or repaired	..	30	30
	Traps fixed	..	26	26
Cesspools	Abolished	..	2	2
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished		3	3
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	1	1
	Water supply furnished	..	10	10
Dust-Bins	Constructed	..	10	10
Dust-Bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	16	16
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	..	..
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	..	22	22
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	..	13	13
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	..	10	10
	Water supply provided	..	1	1
'Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	..	27	27
	„ cleansed or limewashed	..	43	43
	„ 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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF JULY, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

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Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From June 29th, 1861. to July 27th, 1861.