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 CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER. TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF MARCH, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | H olloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 43 | 5 | 5 | .. | 53 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Measles | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 16 | ||
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | 1 | .. | 18 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 9 | 11 | .. | 40 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | 23 | 5 | 9 | 62 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 27 | ||
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | ||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 9 | 7 | .. | 18 | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 36 | |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 31 | .. | 419 | 213 | 87 | 57 | 808 |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 | ||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
All other Diseases | 84 | 16 | 698 | 582 | 207 | 2213 | |
Total | 126 | 17 | 1190 | 1029 | 709 | 273 | 3344 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 24th, 1867, to March 30th, 1867.
South West District. | South East District. | North West District. | North East District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 147 | 172 | 96 | .. | 415 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 3 | 7 | .. | 12 |
Improved or repaired | 21 | 11 | 3 | .. | 36 | |
Traps fixed | 40 | 13 | 5 | .. | 58 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | 23 | 7 | 2 | .. | 32 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 7 | 7 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 2 | 7 | 1 | .. | 10 |
Relaid | 20 | 9 | 2 | .. | 31 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provide | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 25 | 13 | .. | .. | 38 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | 11 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 14 | 13 | 9 | .. | 6 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |