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 29th DAY OF MARCH, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON..
Workhouse.. | Infant Poor House.. | Out-patient Paupers.. | Islington Dispensary.. | Hollo way Dispensary.. | Pentonville Convict Prison.. | London Fever Hospital.. | Total.. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Unavoidably omitted | 1 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | |
Measles | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 7 | .. | 17 | |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 20 | 5 | 1 | .. | 26 | |
Hooping Cough | .. | .. | 12 | 7 | 3 | .. | 22 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | 34 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 54 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | 13 | 5 | 13 | .. | 34 | |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. | 14 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 9 | 4 | 1 | .. | 16 | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 18 | .. | 30 | |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 25 | .. | 246 | 54 | 91 | 38 | 454 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Insanity | 4 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 14 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
All other diseases | 58 | 13 | 596 | 698 | 484 | 99 | 1948 | |
Total | 98 | 14 | 968 | 789 | 642 | 140 | 2651 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 23rd, 1862, to March 29th, 1862.
WestSub-District. † | East Sub-District.. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 119 | 131 | 250 | |
Drains | Constructed | .. | 9 | 9 |
Improved or repaired | 13 | 15 | 28 | |
Traps fixed | 10 | 24 | 40 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
Dust-Bins | Constructed | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | .. | 7 | |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 1 | 5 | 6 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | •• | 2 | 2 |
† Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.