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 27th DAY OF JULY, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out-patient Paupers. | Islington Dispensary. | Holloway Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | London Fever Hospital. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Chicken Pox | .. | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 |
Measles | .. | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 18 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 14 | 3 | 4 | .. | 5 | 26 |
Hooping Cough | .. | 4 | 26 | 5 | 17 | .. | .. | 52 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | 155 | 30 | 59 | 19 | 1 | 268 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Ague | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 20 | 2 | 9 | .. | 10* | 41 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 27 | 5 | 11 | .. | 1 | 44 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 8 | 1 | 90 | 21 | 22 | 34 | .. | 176 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 12 |
Pleurisy | .. | . . | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
All other diseases | 40 | 2 | 451 | 546 | 369 | 142 | 8 | 1558 |
Total | 54 | 14 | 819 | 624 | 508 | 195 | 29 | 2243 |
* "Typhus "3; "Typhoid" 7.
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.
From June 29th, 1861. to July 27th, 1861.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | .. | .. | .. | |
Drains | Constructed | .. | 2 | 2 |
Improved or repaired | .. | 30 | 30 | |
Traps fixed | .. | 26 | 26 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | 2 | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 3 | 3 | |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Water supply furnished | .. | 10 | 10 | |
Dust-Bins | Constructed | .. | 10 | 10 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 16 | 16 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | .. | 22 | 22 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | .. | 13 | 13 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | .. | 10 | 10 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 1 | 1 | |
'Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | 27 | 27 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | .. | 43 | 43 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | .. | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. |