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 CASKS OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 14 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Measles | .. | .. | 16 | 5 | 2 | .. | 23 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 19 | 8 | 9 | .. | 36 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 23 | 4 | 12 | .. | 39 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | 8 | 7 | 4 | .. | 21 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 15 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 4 | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 9 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 15 | 12 | .. | 38 | |
Mumps | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 16 | .. | 239 | 113 | 81 | 29 | 478 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 8 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
All other Diseases | 31 | 13 | 398 | 389 | 416 | 107 | 1354 |
Total | 56 | 13 | 758 | 559 | 546 | 137 | 2069 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 29th, 1865, to February 28th, 1865.
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Whole Parish. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
Drains | Constructed | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Improved or repaired | .. | 16 | 16 | |
Traps fixed | 18 | 13 | 31 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | .. | 2 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 13 | 11 | 24 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 3 | .. | 3 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
„ ventilated | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. |