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 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 1862, 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 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
Measles | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 19 | 2 | 6 | .. | 13 | 40 |
Hooping Cough | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 11 | .. | .. | 23 |
Croup | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ... | 2 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | 22 | 3 | 10 | 4 | .. | 40 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | 20 | 4* | 14 | .. | 115† | 156 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 12 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 19 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | 2 | .. | 30 | 6 | 20 | .. | .. | 58 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 17 | .. | 332 | 64 | 115 | 42 | .. | 570 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
All other diseases | 55 | 21 | 489 | 487 | 389 | 129 | 39 | 1606 |
Total | 80 | 21 | 955 | 573 | 589 | 172 | 167 | 2557 |
* "Typhoid." † 102 of "Typhus," 13 of "Typhoid."
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 29th, 1861, to January 25th, 1862.
WestSub-District. † | East SubDistrict. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 38 | 13 | 51 | |
Drains | Constructed | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Improved or repaired | 4 | 30 | 34 | |
Traps fixed | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cleaned or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | 4 | 4 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | .. | 22 | 22 | |
Dust-Bins | Constructed | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 13 | 15 | 28 | |
Constructed | .. | .. | .. | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Relaid | 5 | 10 | 15 |
General Water Supply | New receptacle prvided | .. | 1 | 1 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | .. | 16 | 16 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 2 | 5 | 7 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 2 | 30 | 32 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontiuued | •• | .. | •• |
†Mr SANDERS, Temporary Inspector.