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Islington 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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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 omitted1
Chicken Pox....2..2..4
Measles....10..7..17
Scarlatina....2051..26
Hooping Cough....1273..22
Croup..............
Diarrhœa2..34312354
Dysentery....11....2
Cholera..............
Ague......• •......
Continued Fever3..13513..34
Puerperal Fever1..........1
Rheumatic Fever2..264..14
Erysipelas2..941..16
Diphtheria....311..5
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....8318..30
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh25..246549138454
Pneumonia1....12..4
Pleurisy....1..1..2
Delirium Tremens........1..1
Insanity4..9..1..14
Carbuncle....11....2
All other diseases5813596698484991948
Total98149687896421402651

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 inspected119131250
DrainsConstructed..99
Improved or repaired131528
Traps fixed102440
CesspoolsAbolished3710
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished325
Pan and trap only furnished......
Water supply furnished71118
Dust-BinsConstructed358
Repaired and covers adapted527
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed......
Relaid6713
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..77
Receptacle repaired and cleansed..22
Water supply provided......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired156
„ cleansed or limewashed3710
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated617
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued••22

† Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.