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Islington 1862

[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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JUNE, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JUNE, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Hollo way Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox.....................
Chicken Pox...17...2...10
Meales......105193...127
Scarlatina......713...11
Whooping Cough......1856...29
Croup......1.........1
Diarrhœa2...471028794
Dysentery......511...7
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever3...8321...35
Puerperal Fever............1...1
Rheumatic Sever1...631...11
Erysipelas......9...3...12
Diphtheria.....................
Sorethrcat or Tonsillitis......26626...58
Pvæmia..................
Bronchitis and Catarrh10...174364035295
Pneumonia.........31...4
Pleurisy......211...4
Delirium Tremens1...............1
Insaniy2...5.........7
Carbuncle..................
All other Diseases2755666534471531851
Total4669867415841952558

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 25th, 1862, to June 28th, 1862.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 25th, 1862, to June 28th, 1862.

West SubDistrict.Fast SubDistrict.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected9611107
DrainsConstructed369
Improved or repaired94352
Traps fixed284775
CesspoolsAbolished51419
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan. trap, and water supply furnished41317
I an and trap only furnished.........
Water supply furnished33234
Dust BinsConstructed9918
Repaired and covers adapted81422
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed...77
Relaid51722
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided1910
Receptacle repair, d and cleansed4913
Water supply provided.........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired...1616
„ cleansed or limewashed112334
„ ventilated.........
Overcrowding abated336
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........