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 24
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
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Small Pox | 18 | 6 | 25 | ||||
Chicken pox | ... | ||||||
Measles | 19 | 16 | 6 | 41 | |||
Scarlatina | ... | 27 | 10 | 44 | |||
Whooping Cough | 16 | 2 | 27 | ||||
Croup | |||||||
Diarrhœa | |||||||
Dysentery | |||||||
Cholera | ... | ||||||
Ague | |||||||
Continued Fever | 17 | ||||||
Fuerperal Fever | |||||||
Rheumatic Fever | 6 | ||||||
Erysipelas | 2 | ||||||
Diphtheria | ... | ||||||
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | ... | 22 | 7 | 49 | |||
Pyæmia | ... | ||||||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 538 | ||||||
Pneumonia | 2 | ||||||
Pleurisy | 3 | 8 | |||||
Delirium Tremens | |||||||
Insanity | ... | ||||||
Carbuncle | |||||||
All other Diseases | 40 | 411 | 417 | 109 | 1605 | ||
77 | 870 | 723 | 146 | 2453 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 28th, 1862, to January 24th, 1863.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
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Number of houses inspected | 37 | 61 | 98 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Improved or repaired | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
Traps fixed | 10 | 19 | 29 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Cleansed or disinfected | ||||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pan and trap only furnished | ||||
, Water supply furnished | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Dust Bins | Constructed | 1 | 3 | |
Repaired and covers adapted | 2 | 2 | ||
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | |||
Relaid | 3 | 3 | ||
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | |||
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Water supply provided | ||||
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | |||
,, cleansed or limewashed | ||||
„ ventilated | • •• | 1 | ||
Overcrowding abated | 2 | |||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | • •• |
rucmiij. and Smitu, Newinetoa Butts, S., Printers to th« Metropolitan Bo»rd of Works.