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Islington 1861

[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 24th DAY OF AUGUST, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF AUGUST, 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................
Chicken Pox....413....8
Measles....8227..138
Scarlatina....1822....34
Hooping Cough....13719....39
Croup....1........1
Diarrhœa1..24351116....429
Dysentery....111....3
Cholera....2..1....3
Ague......1....12
Continued Fever....16416..17*53
Puerperal Fever................
Rheumatic Fever....3..2....5
Erysipelas....9..2....11
Diphtheria....2........2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....26512....43
Pyaemia................
Bronchitis and Catarrh3..682322281145
Pneumonia....1..2..25
Pleurisy................
Delirium Tremens......1......1
Insanity3............3
Carbuncle....1........1
All other diseases5074966143658051617
Total5711902722590125362443

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* "Typhoid" 10; "Typhus" 7.

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From June 27th, 1861, to August 24th, 1861.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From June 27th, 1861, to August 24th, 1861.

West Sub-District. †East Sub-DistrictWhole Parish.
Number of houses inspected113100213
DrainsConstructed
Improved or repaired231336
Traps fixed..1111
CesspoolsAbolished1..1
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished......
Pan and trap only furnished..... .
Water supply furnished21012
Dust-BinsConstructed325
Repaired and covers adapted161127
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..33
Relaid31316
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided112
Receptacle repaired and cleansed. .2121
Water supply provided1..1
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired..1010
„ cleansed or limewashed52934
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated4..4
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued......

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4 Mr. SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.