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 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Hollo way Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small pox | .. | .. | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 30 |
Chicken Pox | . . | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
Measles | .. | .. | 22 | 13 | 3 | .. | 38 |
Scarlatinas | . . | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .. | 20 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | 38 | 30 | 6 | .. | 75 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 |
Diarrhea | 5 | .. | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 42 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | 5 | .. | 7 | 10 | 4 | .. | 27 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Erysipeals | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or tonsillitis | .. | .. | 19 | 11 | 9 | .. | 39 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Pyamia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 12 | .. | 289 | 87 | 44 | 32 | 464 |
Pneumonia | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 11 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 |
Delirium Tremens | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | 2 |
All other Diseases | 51 | 4 | 512 | 494 | 569 | 131 | 1761 |
Total | 80 | 7 | 965 | 679 | 658 | 166 | 2555 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 1st, 1866, to April 28th, 1866
West Sub-District. | East Sub-District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 80 | 32 | 112 | |
Drains | Constructed | 13 | 8 | 21 |
Improved or repaired | 62 | .. | 62 | |
Traps fixed | 30 | 5 | 35 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | 4 | 4 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
Dust bins | constructed | 1 | 10 | 11 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 66 | 2 | 68 | |
General Water supply | New receptacle provided | .. | .. | .. |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 2 | .. | 2 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 1 | .. | 1 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 13 | .. | 13 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 4 | .. | 4 |
* Tramps.