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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1864, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
I | Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Measles | .. | .. | 42 | 13 | 9 | .. | 75 |
scaralating | .. | .. | 17 | 19 | .. | .. | 36 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 18 | 3 | 9 | .. | 30 |
Croup | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Diarrhæa | 2 | .. | 24 | 8 | 3 | .. | 38 |
dysentery | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 4 | .. | 21 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | 15 |
Diptheria | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 27 | 25 | 8 | .. | 62 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 23 | .. | 293 | 114 | 72 | .. | 534 |
Oneomonia | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 8 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Carbulance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | 53 | 9 | 497 | 468 | 553 | 122 | 1702 |
Total | 83 | 20 | 906 | 676 | 675 | 158 | 2578 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 27th, 1864, to December 3lst, 1864.
West Sub-District. | East Sab-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
98 | 112 | 210 | ||
Drains | Constructed | .. | 5 | 3 |
Improved or repaired | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
Traps fixed | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Abolished | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan. trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 1 | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Constructed | .. | .. | .. | |
Repaired and covers adapted | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 3 | .. | 3 | |
General Water | New receptacle provided | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 8 | .. | 8 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improve meats | Houses genernlly repaired | 8 | 2 | 10 |
cleansed or limewashed | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
( ,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. |