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 29
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 19 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Chicken Fox | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Scarlatina | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 11 | ||
hooping Cough | .. | .. | 20 | 11 | |||
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | 25 | 10 | 1 | 40 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Ague | .. | 2 | 2 | ||||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | 9 | 1 | 12 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |||
Diphtheria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 25 | 19 | 10 | .. | 54 |
Mumps | .. | .. | |||||
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 12 | .. | 223 | 125 | 20 | ||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Insanity | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
All other Diseases | 49 | 12 | 452 | 491 | 500 | 93 | 1597 |
Total | 68 | 12 | 798 | 693 | 581 | 115 | 2267 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 2nd, 1865, to April 29th, 1865.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 69 | 52 | 121 | |
Drains | Constructed | 12 | 16 | |
Improved or repaired | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
22 | 26 | |||
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pan and trap only furnished | ||||
Water supply furnished | 8 | 23 | 31 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 11 | 18 | 29 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 19 | 41 | ||
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | .. | .. | .. |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
Water supply provided | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 1 | 12 | |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 4 | 38 | 42 | |
„ ventilated | 1 | |||
Overcrowding abated | 6 | 2 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | .. |