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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Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
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Small Pox | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | ||
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | .. | 16 | .. | ||||
Scarlatina | .. | 16 | .. | ||||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | |||||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | |||||
Dysentery | .. | .. | |||||
Cholers | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Ague | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Continued Fever | .. | 8 | .. | ||||
Influenze | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rheumsatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | |||||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | |||||
Mumps | .. | .. | |||||
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | 165 | .. | ||||
Pneunia | .. | .. | 16 | ||||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | |||||
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Insanity | .. | .. | |||||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | |||||
All other Diseases | 355 | ||||||
Total | 652 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.
From March, 28th, 1870, to April, 30th, 1870.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 237 | 235 | 20 | 492 | |
Drains | Constructed | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Improved or repaired | 19 | 17 | 9 | 45 | |
Traps fixed | 9 | 9 | 32 | 50 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Clensed or disinfected | .. | . . | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Water supply furnished | 9 | 9 | 31 | 49 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 9 | 3 | 14 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 | |
General WaterSupply | New receptacles provided | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 30 | 11 | .. | 41 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Improve- ments | Houses generally repaired | 10 | 4 | .. | 14 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 48 | 23 | 39 | 110 | |
,, ventrilated | .. | 20 | .. | 20 | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Amendments | 13 | 3 | 19 | 35 |