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 30th DAY OF JULY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | 1 | 5 | . . | 3 | .. | 10 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 6 | .. | 13 |
Measles | .. | .. | 15 | 44 | 51 | .. | 116 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 21 | 12 | 3 | .. | 36 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 9 | 6 | 3 | .. | 18 |
Croup | .. | .. | ... | .. | 90 | .. | .. |
Dirrhoea | 16 | .. | 118 | 3 | 37 | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Cholera | •' | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 1 | .. | 26 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | ||
Influenza | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 11 | |
Diptheria | .. | .. | . • | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 12 | 33 | 49 | 1 | 95 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | i"i | .. | 65 | 60 | 180 | 22 | 338 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 9 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 1 | .. | 13 |
DeliriuDelirium Tremens | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Insanity | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
All other Diseases | 100 | 7 | 414 | 595 | 617 | 84 | 1817 |
Total | 136 | 8 | 691 | 922 | 1016 | 144 | 2917 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.
From Julv 4th. 1870, to July 30th, 1870.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 104 | 38 | 109 | 451 | |
Drains | Constructed | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
improved or repaired | 14 | 20 | 2 | 36 | |
Traps fixed | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 4 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 6 | .. | 1 | 7 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | |||
Water supply furnished | 7 | 2 | .. | y | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | constructed | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Relaid | 11 | 12 | 1 | 24 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 4 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 36 | 47 | .. | 83 | |
Water supply provided | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Other Improve ments | Houses generally repaired | 10 | 3 | 14 | |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 124 | 72 | 8 | 204 | |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | .. | 20 | .. | 20 | |
overcrowding abated | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 4 | 2 | .. | 6 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 9 | 4 | 21 | 34 |