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, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smoll Pox | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 10 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 6 | .. | 16 |
Measles | .. | .. | 87 | 109 | 68 | .. | 264 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 16 | 21 | 5 | .. | 42 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 10 | .. | 25 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | 5 | .. | 42 | 58 | 80 | .. | 205 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Ague | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 5 | 13 | 3 | .. | 21 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 8 | .. | 18 |
Diphteris | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 13 | 34 | 40 | .. | 87 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 18 | .. | 92 | 104 | 204 | .. | 432 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 4 | .. | 15 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | 12 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 6 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 18 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
All other Discases | 92 | 16 | 474 | 738 | 768 | 89 | 2177 |
Total | 123 | 16 | 776 | 1115 | 1208 | 123 | 3361 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.
From May 30th, 1870, to July 2nd, 1870.
South East District. | South "West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 112 | 123 | .. | 235 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Improved or repaired | 18 | 28 | .. | 46 | |
Traps Fixed | 23 | 15 | .. | 38 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Pan and trap only furished | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Water supply Furnished | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 2 | 6 | .. | 8 |
Repsired and coves adapted | 2 | 6 | .. | 8 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Repired and covers adapted | 35 | 10 | .. | 45 | |
General WaterSupply | New receptacles provided | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 10 | 16 | .. | 26 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improve- ments | House generally repaired | 19 | 6 | .. | 25 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 89 | 28 | .. | 117 | |
,, ventilated | .. | 17 | .. | 17 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 9 | 2 | .. | 11 |