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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Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
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Small Pox | |||||||
Chicken Pox | 5 | ||||||
Measles | |||||||
Scarlatina | |||||||
Whooping Cough | |||||||
Croup | |||||||
Diarrhœa | |||||||
Dysentery | |||||||
Cholera | |||||||
Ague | |||||||
Continued Fever | |||||||
Puerperal Fever | |||||||
Rheumatic Fever | |||||||
Erysipelas | |||||||
Diphtheria | |||||||
Sorethreat or Tonsillitis | 5 | 64 | |||||
Mumps | |||||||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | |||||||
Pneumonia Pleurisy | |||||||
Delirium Tremens | |||||||
Insanity | 6 | ||||||
Carbuncle | |||||||
All other Diseases | 634 | ||||||
844 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 29tl, 1863, to June 27th, 1863.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
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Number of houses inspected | ... | 36 | 36 | |
Drains | Constructed | 21 | 21 | |
Improved or repaired | 12 | 17 | ||
Traps fixed | 32 | 9 | 41 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 5 | 6 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | ||||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, ana water supply furnished | |||
Pan and trap only furnished | ||||
Water supply furnished | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
Dust Bins | Constructed | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | |||
Relaid | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 5 | 6 | |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 2 | 2 | ||
Water supply provided | ||||
Other Improvements | Douses generally repaired | 10 | 14 | |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 20 | 16 | ||
„ ventilated | ||||
Overcrowding abated | ||||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 7 | 7 |