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 S.4.TURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Measles | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 7 | .. | 23 |
Scarlating | .. | .. | 10 | 2 | 3 | .. | 15 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 8 | .. | 20 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhoea | 4 | .. | 210 | 132 | 38 | 14 | 398 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | 1 | .. | 18 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 11 |
Diptheria | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 22 | 18 | 3 | 43 | |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 1 | .. | 68 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 137 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Insanity | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Carbuncle | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |
All other diseases | 17 | 12 | 508 | 360 | 508 | 104 | 1515 |
Total | 29 | 12 | 869 | 577 | 597 | 135 | 2219 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 30th, 1864, to August 27t,hf 1864.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
72 | 42 | 114 | ||
Drains | Constructed | 1 | 11 | 12 |
Improved or repaired | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
Traps fixed | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
Abolished | .. | .. | .. | |
Cleansed or disinfected | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supplv furnished .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 9 | 14 | ||
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 7 | 7 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | 5 |
Relaid | .. | .. | 3 | |
General Water | New receptacle provided | 3 | .. | 3 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 5 | .. | 9 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | .. | .. |
,, cleansed or limewashed | .. | 14 | 14 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | ... | |
.. | .. | .. | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.. | 1 | 6 | 7 |