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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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse,Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Holloway Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox.....71i...9
Chicken Pox......2...2...4
Measles......41...46...87
Scarlatina...13593...48
Whooping Cough......2648...38
Croup......1...2...3
Diarrhœa1...451420686
Dysentery.....2.........2
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever1...1219...23
Puerperal Fever............1...1
Rheumatic Fever1...121...5
Erysipelas1...1224...19
Diphtheria....................
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1...191015...45
Pyæmia..................
Bronehitis and Catarrh11...277737551487
Pneumonia1......1518
Pleurisy......2...215
Delirium Tremens.....................
Insanity2...3.....•••5
Carbuncle.....3...1...4
All other Diseases3944235734731281640
Total5859116906681872519

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 26th, 1862, to November 22nd, 1862.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 26th, 1862, to November 22nd, 1862.

West Sub-District.Rast Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected425597
DrainsConstructed459
Improved or repaired51015
Traps fixed91423
CesspoolsAbolished146
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished.358
Pan and trap only furnished.........
Water supply furnished167
Dust BinsConstructed246
Repaired and adapted.........
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed...44
Relaid347
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided146
Receptacle repaired repaired cleansed...11
Water supply provided1...1
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired...22
„ cleansed or limewashed...22
„ ventilated.........
Overcrowding adated.........
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........

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Brickuill and Smith, Newington Butts, S., Punters to the Metropolitan Board of Works.