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 THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JULY, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Ilolloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Measles | .. | 1 | 30 | 1 | 8 | .. | 40 |
Scarlating | .. | .. | 17 | 4 | 7 | .. | 28 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .. | 23 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 7 | .. | 156 | 59 | 23 | 4 | 249 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | 1 | .. | 22 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | 12 |
Diptheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 21 | 17 | 6 | .. | 44 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchities and Catarrrh | 5 | .. | 57 | 33 | 22 | .. | 129 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
All other Diseases | 42 | 10 | 569 | 358 | 493 | 104 | 1576 |
Total | 56 | 12 | 888 | 505 | 571 | 120 | 2152 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 3rd, 1864, to July 30th, 1864.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 103 | 66 | 169 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Constructed | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Improved or repaired | 8 | 17 | 25 | |
Trap fixed | 7 | 24 | 31 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Cleansed or disinfected | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Privies and Water Closets | C Pan, trap, and water supply furnished .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Water supply furnished | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 9 | 9 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 2 | 2 |
Relaid | 2 | 16 | 18 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | .. | 3 | 3 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Cleansed or limewashed | 6 | 16 | 22 | |
„ ventilated | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 4 | 4 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | .. | 1 |