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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF MAY, 1862, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out-patient Paupers. | Islington Dispensary. | Hollo way Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | London Fevei Hospital. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Fox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Unavoidably omitted. | 1 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | .. | 12 | |
Measles | .. | .. | 39 | 14 | 3 | .. | 56 | |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | 13 | |
Hooping Cough | 1 | .. | 16 | 5 | 5 | .. | 27 | |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diarrhœa | 5 | .. | 41 | 3 | 8 | .. | 65 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 8 | .. | 17 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | 11 | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 25 | 6 | 9 | .. | 40 | |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 7 | .. | 154 | 37 | 44 | .. | 281 | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Insanity | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
All other diseases | 41 | 13 | 482 | 561 | 404 | 149 | 1650 | |
Total | 55 | 13 | 794 | 644 | 496 | 196 | 2198 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 27th, 1S62, to May 24th, 1862.
WestSub-District. † | East SubDistrict. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 39 | .. | 39 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Improved or repaired | 10 | 52 | 62 | |
[.Traps fixed | 19 | 54 | 73 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | 9 | 10 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | 10 | 10 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Water supply furnished | 9 | 31 | 40 | |
Constructed | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
Dust-Bins | Repaired and covers adapted | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 2 | 2 |
Relaid | 3 | 19 | 22 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | .. | 12 | 12 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 1 | 7 | .. |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 3 | 18 | 21 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Illegal U3e of underground Rooms for slepping discontiuued | .. | .. | .. |
† Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.