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 11.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 19 | 5 | .. | .. | 24 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 12 | 11 | 1 | .. | 24 |
i Measles | .. | .. | 19 | 11 | .. | .. | 30 |
Scarlatina | 1 | .. | 16 | 43 | 1 | .. | 61 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | 5 | .. | 26 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 2 | 1 | 72 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 118 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Continued Fever | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .. | 15 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 7 | .. | 17 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 14 | 19 | 2 | .. | 35 |
ij Mumps | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 19 | 2 | 175 | 105 | 43 | 22 | 366 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. | 11 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Insanity | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | 67 | 22 | 543 | 721 | 576 | 276 | 2205 |
Total ' | 104 | 26 | 905 | 986 | 650 | 306 | 2977 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,
From June 3rd, 1867, to June 29th, 1867.
South West District. | South East District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
'Number of houses inspected | 184 | 70 | 145 | 399 | |
Drains | Constructed | .. | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Improved or repaired | 23 | 11 | 5 | 39 | |
Traps fixed | 13 | 17 | 7 | 37 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Trivies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Water supply furnished | 7 | 13 | 1 | 21 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Relaid | 15 | 11 | 3 | 29 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 32 | 13 | 4 | 49 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
„ cleansed or limewashed | 38 | 79 | 18 | 135 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
* 153 Bakehouses were inspected and not included in the above.