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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TABLE II.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING TIIE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22 nd DAY OF AUGUST, 1863, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Hollowny Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small pox | .. | .. | 24 | 6 | 1 | ... | 31 |
Chicken pox | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 |
Measles | ... | ... | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 |
searlatina | ... | ... | 39 | 14 | 8 | ... | 61 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 28 | 6 | 4 | ... | 39 |
Croup | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 |
Diarrhœa | 6 | ... | 233 | 110 | 35 | ... | 407 |
Dysentery | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Continued Fever | 1 | ... | 14 | 27 | ... | ... | 42 |
puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 14 | 3 | ... | ... | 17 |
Diphtheria | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 |
Sorethroat or Tonsilllitis | 2 | ... | 49 | 21 | 10 | ... | 97 |
Mumps | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | l |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 4 | ... | 107 | 45 | 43 | ... | 199 |
pneumonia | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 |
pleurisy | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 |
Delilrium Tremens | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Insanity | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 |
Carbuncle | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
All other Diseases | 42 | 1 | 585 | 460 | 566 | 131 | 1785 |
Total | 57 | 1 | 1124 | 704 | 672 | 164 | 2722 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,
From July 26th, 1863, to August 22nd, 1863.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses insnected | ... | 4 | 4 | |
Drains | Constructed | ... | 6 | 6 |
Improved or repaired | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
Traps fixed | 43 | 33 | 76 21 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 18 | 3 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | ... | ... | ... | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, ana water supply furnished Pan and trap only furnished | 19 | 2 | 21 |
3 | 14 | 17 | ||
Dust Bins | onstructed | 7 | 7 | |
Repaired and covers adapted | 19 | 7 | 26 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 3 | 3 | |
Relaid | 21 | 9 | 30 | |
General Water | New receptacle provided | 19 | 19 | |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
Water supply provided | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Improve | Houses generally repaired | ... | ||
„ cleansed or limewashed | 14 | |||
„ ventuated Overcrowding abated | - | 3 | 3 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | ... | 2 | 2 |