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 OK DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 27th DAY OF MAY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | 2 | 175 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 236 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | .. | 11 |
Measles | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 8 | .. | 14 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 12 | .. | 24 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 17 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 69 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | 16 | .. | 34 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 10 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | .. | 37 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 6 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | .. | 114 | 123 | 164 | 28 | 429 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 4 | .. | 12 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
All other Diseases | .. | 28 | 315 | 603 | 894 | 117 | 1957 |
Total | .. | 31 | 662 | 831 | 1189 | 173 | 2886 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From May 1st, 1871, to May 27th, 1871.
South East District. | South West. District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Number of Houses inspected | 80 | 218 | 69 | 367 | |
Drains | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Improved or repaired | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Traps fixed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 43 | 46 | 57 | 146 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | .. | .. | 12 | 12 |
*Inspections, Disinfections, Burnings, &c., in connection with the Small-Pox Epidemic, and the necessary
attention to complaints have engrossed more than the ordinary time of the Inspectors to the unavoidable neglect
of much other sanitary work.