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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 28th DAY OF DECEMBER, 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 28th DAY OF DECEMBER, 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	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	3
Chicken Pox	..	..	⁴	1	2	..	..	7
Measles	..	..	21	3	13	..	1	38
Scarlatina	..	..	13	7	16	..	22	58
Hooping Cough	..	..	13	..	8	..	..	21
Croup	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	3
Diarrhœa	2	..	31	4	11	..	..	58
Dysentery	..	..	2	..	2	..	..	4
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Continued Fever	3	..	16	9	14	..	34*	76
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	3	..	4	5	..	..	..	12
Erysipelas	1	..	11	3	2	..	..	17
Diphtheria	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	28	5	23	..	1	57
Pyaemia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	26	¹	248	52	88	55	2	472
Pneumonia	1	..	3	..	1	..	2	7
Pleurisy	..	..	3	..	..	..	1	4
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Insanity	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carbuncle	..	..	3	1	1	..	..	5
All other diseases	46	8	561	623	451	158	10	1857
Total	82	9	966	713	635	223	73	2701

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* "Typhoid," 22; "Typhus," 12.

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 24th, 1861, to December 28th, 1861.

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 24th, 1861, to December 28th, 1861.

		West Sub-District. †	East Sub-District.	Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected		85	80	165
Drains	Constructed	8	2	10
	Improved or repaired	2	24	26
	Traps fixed	30	18	48
Cesspools	Abolished	..	2	2
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	2	1	3
	Pan and trap only furnished	1		1
	Water supply furnished	2	5	7
Dust-Bins	Constructed	1	1	2
Dust-Bins	Repaired and covers adapted	27	3	30
Surface Drains and 1 Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	..	..
Surface Drains and 1 Pavements of Yards	Relaid	5	12	17
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	..	..	..
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	2	..	2
	Water supply provided	1	..	1
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	2	1	3
	,, cleansed or limewashed	2	6	8
	,, ventilated	..	..	..
Overcrowding abated		6	8	14
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		..	7	7

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† Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.

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Islington 1861

Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

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Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 24th, 1861, to December 28th, 1861.

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