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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF MAY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 7 | .. | 16 |
measles | .. | .. | 79 | 29 | 62 | .. | 170 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 10 | 34 | 8 | .. | 52 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | 12 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | 19 | 26 | 18 | .. | 75 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | 5 | .. | 20 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. | 11 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 9 | 25 | 36 | .. | 70 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 15 | .. | 115 | 97 | 151 | .. | 379 |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | 11 |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 | 8 | .. | 21 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 5 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
All other Diseases | 79 | 17 | 431 | 651 | 692 | 100 | 1970 |
Total | 107 | 17 | 702 | 899 | 1007 | 109 | 2841 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.
From May, 2nd, 1870, to May, 28th, 1870.
South East District. | South "West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 157 | 169 | 5 | 331 | |
Drains | Constructed | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Improved or repaired | 13 | 12 | 2 | 27 | |
Traps fixed | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 |
Cleansed or cisinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 | |
Water supply furnished | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Dust bins | New receptacles Provided | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Receptacles repaired and clensed | .. | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 8 | 13 | .. | 21 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 9 | 8 | .. | 17 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improve- ments | Houses generally repaired | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 35 | 29 | 3 | 67 | |
,, ventilated | .. | 25 | .. | 25 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Other Amendments | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 |