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 28th DAY OF JANUARY, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 7 |
Measles | 5 | 5 | 50 | 9 | 5 | .. | 74 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 16 | 6 | 3 | .. | 25 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 11 | .. | 22 |
Croup | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 15 | 7 | 4 | .. | 26 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 8 | 2 | 4 | .. | 15 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 9 | 4 | 2 | .. | 15 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 32 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 22 | .. | 291 | 117 | 95 | 34 | 559 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Insanity | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | 35 | 7 | 470 | 465 | 414 | 110 | 1531 |
Total | 68 | 12 | 912 | 631 | 585 | 146 | 2354 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 1st, 1865, to January 28th, 1865.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 111 | 28 | 139 | ||
Drains | Constructed | 10 | .. | 10 | |
Improved or repaired | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||
Traps fixed | 13 | 8 | 21 | ||
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | ||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
Water supply furnished | 10 | 5 | 15 | ||
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Repaired and covers adapted | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Relaid | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
„ cleansed or lime washed | 3 | 15 | 18 | ||
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | ||
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued. | .. | 2 | 2 |