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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NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JULY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 6* | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | 2 | .. | 13 |
Measles | 1 | 2 | 70 | 11 | 19 | .. | 103 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 16 | 6 | 3 | .. | 25 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 15 | 5 | 2 | .. | 22 |
Croup | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Diarrhœa | 3 | .. | 67 | 36 | 9 | .. | 115 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | 8 | 8 | 5 | .. | 24 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 8 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 10 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 23 | 25 | 8 | .. | 56 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 16 | .. | 124 | 65 | 61 | 41 | 307 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Insanity | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
All other Diseases | 61 | 5 | 638 | 490 | 637 | 152 | 1983 |
Total | 93 | 7 | 994 | 661 | 753 | 191 | 2701 |
* Four in Adelaide Square. |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 29th, 1864, to July 2nd, 1864.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 14 | 24 | 38 | |
Drains | Constructed | .. | 3 | 3 |
Improved or repaired | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
Traps fixed | 3 | 24 | 27 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | .. | 23 | 23 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 5 | 5 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 15 | 15 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 3 | 3 |
Relaid | .. | 19 | 19 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | .. | .. | .. |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | .. | .. |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 1 | 20 | 21 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
.. | .. | .. | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. |