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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF JULY, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | j Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | ii |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 |
Measles | .. | .. | 27 | 5 | 1 | .. | 33 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 13 | 43 | .. | .. | 56 |
Whooping Cough | .. 4 | .. | 9 | 1 | 4 | .. | 14 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 3 | .. | 163 | 97 | 40 | 81 | 384 |
Dysentery | • • | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 10 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | . . |
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 9 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | •• | .. | 11 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 12 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 48 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 16 | 1 | 102 | 56 | 41 | 25 | 241 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Delirium Tremens | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Insanity | 3 | .. | 2 | ., | .. | .. | 5 |
Carbuncle | . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
All other Diseases | 49 | 16 | 462 | 569 | 562 | 247 | 1905 |
Total | 78 | 17 | 825 | 829 | 662 | 355 | 2766 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From July 1st, 1867, to July 27th., 1867.
South West District. | South East District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 178 | 130 | 205 | 513 | |
Drains | Constructed | .. | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Improved or repaired | 22 | 11 | 5 | 38 | |
Traps fixed | 21 | 20 | 33 | 74 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 4 | 13 | 3 | 20 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
Water supply furnished | 16 | 32 | 1 | 49 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |
Surface Drains and | Constructed | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pavements of Yards | Relaid | 19 | 29 | 32 | 80 |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 28 | 23 | 28 | 79 | |
Water supply provided | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 2 | 15 | 31 | 48 |
,, cleansed or lime washed | 35 | 61 | 46 | 142 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. |
* 93 Bakehouses wore inspected and not included in the above.