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Islington 1862

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Table: TABLE II..NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF MARCH, 1862, 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 MARCH, 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	..	..	1	..	..	..	Unavoidably omitted	1
Chicken Pox	..	..	2	..	2	..		4
Measles	..	..	10	..	7	..		17
Scarlatina	..	..	20	5	1	..		26
Hooping Cough	..	..	12	7	3	..		22
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..		..
Diarrhœa	2	..	34	3	12	3		54
Dysentery	..	..	1	1	..	..		2
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..		..
Ague	..	..	..	• •	..	..		..
Continued Fever	3	..	13	5	13	..		34
Puerperal Fever	1	..	..	..	..	..		1
Rheumatic Fever	2	..	2	6	4	..		14
Erysipelas	2	..	9	4	1	..		16
Diphtheria	..	..	3	1	1	..		5
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	8	3	18	..		30
Pyaemia	..	..	..	..	..	..		..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	25	..	246	54	91	38		454
Pneumonia	1	..	..	1	2	..		4
Pleurisy	..	..	1	..	1	..		2
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	1	..		1
Insanity	4	..	9	..	1	..		14
Carbuncle	..	..	1	1	..	..		2
All other diseases	58	13	596	698	484	99		1948
Total	98	14	968	789	642	140		2651

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 23rd, 1862, to March 29th, 1862.

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 23rd, 1862, to March 29th, 1862.

		WestSub-District. †	East Sub-District..	Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected		119	131	250
Drains	Constructed	..	9	9
	Improved or repaired	13	15	28
	Traps fixed	10	24	40
Cesspools	Abolished	3	7	10
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	3	2	5
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	..	..
	Water supply furnished	7	11	18
Dust-Bins	Constructed	3	5	8
Dust-Bins	Repaired and covers adapted	5	2	7
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	..	..
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	6	7	13
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	..	7	7
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	..	2	2
	Water supply provided	..	..	..
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	1	5	6
	„ cleansed or limewashed	3	7	10
	,, ventilated	..	..	..
Overcrowding abated		6	1	7
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		••	2	2

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† Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.

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Islington 1862

Table: TABLE II..NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF MARCH, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON..

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 23rd, 1862, to March 29th, 1862.

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