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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE SIX WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JANUARY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE SIX WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JANUARY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.
Small pox....1211...14
Chiken Pox......431...8
Measles1131105..48
Searlatina......34165...55
Whooping Cugh......39425...86
Croup......2.........2
Diarrhœa3...25...9251
Dysentery......'...............
Cholera.....................
Ague.....................
Continued Fever2...9142...27
Puerperal Fever...11.........1
Rheumatic Fever6...334...16
Erysipelas.....1436...23
Diphtheria..................1
Sorethoroat or Tonsillitis......282213164
Mumps.....................
Bronchitis or Tonsillitis42132812513385716
Pneumonia1...733...14
Pleurisy......652...13
Delirium Tremens
5...3...1110
InsanityI23
All other Diseases55136235887501642193
1151511708479432533345

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From November 22nd, 1863, to January 2nd, 1864.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From November 22nd, 1863, to January 2nd, 1864.

West Sub-District.East Sub- District.Whole Parish.
Number or hOUSES inspected10350153
DrainsConstructed112
Improved or repaired111021
Trdaps fixed131023
CesspoolsAbolished.........
Cleansed or disinfected.........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished....11
Pan and trap o00nly furnished......
Water supply furnished31013
Dust BinsConstructed123
Repaired and covers adapted6713
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed.........
Relaid6410
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided......
Receptacle repaired and cleansed146
Water supply provided.........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired.........
„ cleansed or limewashed4812
ventilated2...2
Overcrowding abated415
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued1...1