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Islington 1862

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 1862, 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 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 1862, 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	..	..	..	..	2
Chicken Pox	..	..	3	..	2	..	..	5
Measles	..	..	5	..	2	..	..	7
Scarlatina	..	..	19	2	6	..	13	40
Hooping Cough	..	..	9	3	11	..	..	23
Croup	..	..	2	..	..	..	...	2
Diarrhœa	1	..	22	3	10	4	..	40
Dysentery	..	..	1	..	2	..	..	3
Cholera	..	..	..	.	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	3
Continued Fever	3	..	20	4*	14	..	115†	156
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	4	..	5	..	..	9
Erysipelas	1	..	12	4	2	..	..	19
Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	2	..	30	6	20	..	..	58
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	17	..	332	64	115	42	..	570
Pneumonia	..	..	..	..	4	..	..	4
Pleurisy	..	..	1	..	2	..	..	3
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Insanity	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
Carbuncle	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
All other diseases	55	21	489	487	389	129	39	1606
Total	80	21	955	573	589	172	167	2557

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* "Typhoid." † 102 of "Typhus," 13 of "Typhoid."

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 29th, 1861, to January 25th, 1862.

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 29th, 1861, to January 25th, 1862.

		WestSub-District. †	East SubDistrict.	Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected		38	13	51
Drains	Constructed	8	1	9
	Improved or repaired	4	30	34
	Traps fixed	23	19	42
Cesspools	Abolished	..	1	1
Cesspools	Cleaned or disinfected	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	..	4	4
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	..	..
	Water supply furnished	..	22	22
Dust-Bins	Constructed	1	6	7
	Repaired and covers adapted	13	15	28
	Constructed	..	..	..
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	5	10	15
General Water Supply	New receptacle prvided	..	1	1
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	..	16	16
	Water supply provided	..	1	1
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	2	5	7
Other Improvements	„ cleansed or limewashed	2	30	32
,, ventilated	..	..	..
Overcrowding abated		1	..	1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontiuued		••	..	••

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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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.

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Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 29th, 1861, to January 25th, 1862.

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