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 WERKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
small pox | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | 13 | ||
chiken pox | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 9 | ||
Measles | .. | .. | 26 | 29 | .. | 56 | |
Scarlatinas | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 11 | ||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 20 | 34 | .. | 56 | ||
Croup | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | ||
Diarrhoc | 2 | 25 | 19 | 3 | .. | 50 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | |||||
Cholers | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | ||
Ague | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
Continued Fever | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | .. | 28 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 19 | 8 | .. | 29 | ||
Erysipeals | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .. | 16 | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Sorethroat or tonsillitis | .. | .. | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | 34 |
Mumps | .. | 1 | |||||
Pyemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 17 | 1 | 266 | 126 | 65 | 29 | 504 |
Pneumonia | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | 20 | ||
Pleurisy | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||
Delirium Tremens | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||
insanity | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |
All other Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Total | 42 | 10 | 478 | 476 | 470 | 119 | 1595 |
69 | 12 | 894 | 751 | 569 | 149 | | 2444 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From December 31st, 1865, to January 27th, 1866.
West Sub-District | East Sub-District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 125 | 162 | 287 | |
Drains | Constructed | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Improved or repaired | 22 | 28 | 50 | |
Traps fixed | 23 | 37 | 60 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | |||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 3 | 3 | |
pan and trap only furnished | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Water supply furnished | 15 | 3 | 18 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 3 | 13 | 16 |
Repair and covers adapted | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 11 | 11 |
Relaid | 17 | 13 | 30 | |
General Water supply | New receptacle provided | 2 | 2 | |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
Water supplyprovided | 2 | 2 | ||
Other Improvements | House generally repaired | 7 | 7 | |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
" ventilated | ||||
Overcrowding abated | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | .. | 1 |