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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Measles | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 12 | |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 16 | 4 | .. | 24 | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 38 | 5 | 7 | .. | 50 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 3 | .. | 12 | 14 | 68 | |||
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 23 | 10 | 7 | .. | 40 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | 4 | 7 | 6 | .. | 20 | |
Erysipelas | 3 | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | 16 | |
Dephtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 18 | 27 | 5 | .. | 50 | |
Mumps | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 11 | 1 | 268 | 136 | 52 | 42 | 513 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | 8 | 2 | 9 | .. | 20 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | |
Delirium | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Insanity | 4 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
All other Diseases | 44 | 4 | 429 | 476 | 438 | 128 | 1519 | |
Total | 74 | 5 | 885 | 698 | 537 | 173 | 2372 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,
From October 29th, 1865, to November 25th, 1865.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Special Inspection | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 94 | 96 | 478 | 608* | |
Constructed | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | |
Improved or repaired | ?4 | 25 | 26 | 75 | |
Traps fixed | 14 | 29 | 143 | 186 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 6 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | 15 | 15 | |
Water supply furnished | 12 | 13 | 87 | 112 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 4 | 3 | 31 | 38 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 10 | 11 | 73 | 94 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
Relaid | 14 | 17 | 6 | 37 | |
General Water | New receptacle provided | 4 | 9 | .. | 6 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 4 | 4 | 69 | 77 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 4 | 3 | 31 | 38 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 20 | 14 | .. | 34 | |
,, ventilated | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
*Re-inspections by Special Inspectors, 906 additional.