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.
N ew cases of disease coming under treatment during the four
weeks ending saturday, the 26th day of august, 1865, at the following institutions:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | .. | 20 | 3 | 2 | .. | 26 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Measles | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | 1 | .. | 14 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 16 | 9 | .. | .. | 25 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 28 | 23 | 5 | .. | 56 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 6 | .. | 83 | 74 | 19 | 189 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | 2 | .. | 19 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | 14 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 8 | 12 | 11 | .. | 31 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 2 | .. | 88 | 34 | 20 | 27 | 171 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 9 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Insanity | 6 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
All other Diseases | 29 | 8 | 371 | 490 | 441 | 129 | 1468 |
Total | 47 | 9 | 657 | 673 | 510 | 163 | 2059 |
TABLE III,
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 30th, 1865, to August 26th, 1865.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 140 | 196 | 336* | |
Drains | Constructed | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Improved or repaired | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
Traps fixed | 20 | 34 | 54 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | .. | .. |
Pan and trap only furnished | 34 | .. | 34 | |
Water supply furnished | 3 | 27 | 30 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 7 | 7 |
Relaid | 31 | 14 | 45 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | 5 | 5 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 4 | 17 | 21 | |
,, ventilated | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 9 | .. | 9 |
*These houses were inspected by Inspectors Durham and Mayes during the months of July and August.