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.
MEW CASKS OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 10 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Measles | .. | .. | 31 | .. | .. | .. | 31 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 5 | .. | 21 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 13 | 3 | 2 | .. | 18 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhæa | 1 | .. | 20 | 13 | 6 | .. | 40 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | ... | .. | 6 | 9 | 5 | .. | 20 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 9 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 10 |
Diptheria | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 11 | 22 | 6 | .. | 39 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pymia | .. | .. | .... | .. | |||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 14 | .. | 269 | 118 | 74 | 47 | 523 |
Pneamonia | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 9 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
Dellrium Tremene | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Insanity | I | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Carbuncle | I | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
All other Diseases | 2l | 20 | 427 | 416 | 545 | 95 | 1524 |
Total | 42 | 21 | 814 | 607 | 660 | 142 | 2286 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 30th, 1864, to November 26th, 1864.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Numbers of houses inspected | 44 | 60 | 104 | |
Drains | Constructed | 15 | 4 | 19 |
Improved or repaired | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
Traps fixed | 34 | 15 | 49 | |
Camphools | Abolished | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | ., | |
Privies and Water | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 6 | 8 | 14 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 5 | .. | 5 | |
Waste supply furnished | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 3 | 14 | 17 |
Relaid | 23 | 5 | 28 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | New receptacle provided | .. | 4 | 4 |
Receptacle repaired and closed | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
Water supply | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 2 | 4 | 6 |
" cleansed or limewashed | 10 | 14 | 24 | |
" ventilated | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Overcrowded abated | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. |