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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, TIIE 27 th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Islington Dispensary.Hollow* y Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small Pox.....43..12...55
Chiken Pox......817...16
M easles......351094..139
Scarlatina......3229...43
Whooping Cough......3657...48
Croup......1...1...2
Diarrhœa8...28515355
Dysentery......1...1...2
Cholera.....................
Ague............1...1
Continued Fever1...6214...23
Puerperal Fever.....................
Rheumatic Fever4...214...11
Erysipelas......1244...20
Diphtheria...........2...2
Sorethreat or Tonsillitis......301123...64
Pyæmia.....................
Bronchitis and Catarrh38...3799412059696
Pneumonia•••...121...4
Pleurisy......621...9
Delirium Tremens.....................
Insanity1...6.....• ••7
Carbuncle.....2...1...3
All other Diseases64175346524301461843
Total1161711627917532083047

TABLE III-

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITAEY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 23rd, 1862, to December 27th, 1862.

West Sub-District.East Sub-District.Whole Parish.
Number of houses inspected...3525
DrainsConstructed.........
Improved or repaired141731
Traps fixed151631
CesspoolsAbolished314
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished.........
Pan and trap only furnished8...8
Water supply furnished...77
Dust BinsConstructed3...3
Repaired and covers adapted.........
Surface Drains nnd Pavements of YardsConstructed...11
Relaid11617
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided........
Receptacle repaired and cleansed.........
.........
Other Improve- ment.Houses generally repaired...22
„ cleansed or limewashed31114
„ ventilated.........
Overcrowding abated9...9
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued112

Exickeill and Smith, Newington Butts, S., Printers to th« Metr politan Board of Works.