Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF MAY, 1861, 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 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 14 |
Measles | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 | 13 |
Hooping Cough | .. | .. | 35 | 7 | 10 | .. | .. | 52 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | 21 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | 9* | 18 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 11 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 13 | 5 | 11 | .. | .. | 29 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 8 | 1 | 130 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 2 | 270 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | 7 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Insanity | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other diseases | 23 | 4 | 446 | 513 | 395 | 104 | 14 | 1499 |
Total | 38 | 5 | 686 | 592 | 501 | 151 | 37 | 2010 |
• 8 of these "Typhus" and 1 "Typhoid."
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 28th, 1861, to May 25th, 1861.
West SubDistrict. | East Sub-District | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 62 | 60 | 122 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Improved or repaired | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
Traps fixed | 13 | 10 | 23 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan , trap, and water supply furnished | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
Dust-Bines | Constructed | 6 | .. | 6 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Relaid | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improve ments | Houses generally repaired | 22 | 8 | 30 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 24 | 8 | 32 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | .. | 2 |