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 23th DAY OF MAY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 14 |
Chicken Pox | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 |
Measles | ... | 1 | 80 | 28 | 28 | ... | 137 |
Scarlatina | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | 3 | ... | 21 |
Whooping Cough | ... | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | 15 |
Croup | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 47 |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | 6* | ... | 6 | 12 | 6 | ... | 30 |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 |
Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | ... | ... | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 48 |
Mumps | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 9 | 2 | 147 | 52 | 37 | 25 | 272 |
Pneumonia | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | 9 |
Pleurisy | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 |
Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Insanity | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 |
Carbuncle | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
All other Diseases | 39 | 6 | 481 | 398 | 509 | 87 | 1520 |
Total | 57 | 12 | 810 | 538 | 613 | 115 | 2145 |
*All cases of "typhus." Four of them were "tramps," but the other two were "the bathman" and the
"attendant in the bath room."
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From May 1st, 1864, to May 28th, 1864.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | ... | ... | ... | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | ... | 2 |
Improved or repaired | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
Traps fixed | 14 | 10 | 24 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | ... | ... | ... |
Cleansed or disinfected | ... | ... | ... | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 2 | ... | 2 | |
Water supply furnished | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
Dust Bins | Constructed | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 19 | 9 | 28 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Relaid | 6 | 8 | 13 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 4 | ... | 4 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Water supply provided | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 1 | 5 | 6 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 29 | 22 | 51 | |
„ ventilated | ... | ... | ... | |
Overcroeding abated | 1 | ... | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | ... | ... | ... |