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 28th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Fox | 6 | . . | 6 | 5 | . . | . . | 17 |
Chicken Fox | . . | . . | 10 | 1 | . . | . . | 11 |
Measles | . . | . . | 19 | 4 | 1 | . . | 24 |
Scarlatina | . . | . . | 45 | 27 | 2 | . . | 74 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . . | 11 |
Croup | . . | . . | 3 | 1 | . . | . . | 4 |
Diarrhœa | 14 | . . | 159 | 148 | 36 | 24 | 381 |
Dysentery | . . | . . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . . | 5 |
Cholera | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Ague | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Continued Fever | 4 | . . | 12 | 9 | . . | . . | 25 |
Influenza | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Rheumatic Fever | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 4 | . . | 5 |
Erysipelas | . . | . . | 4 | 3 | 1 | . . | 8 |
Diphtheria | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | . . | . . | 20 | 26 | 11 | . . | 57 |
Mumps | . . | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
Pyaemia | . . | . . | . . | .. | . . | . . | . . |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 8 | . . | 159 | 58 | 43 | 46 | 314 |
Pneumonia | . . | . . | . . | 4 | 2 | . . | 6 |
Pleurisy | . . | . . | 6 | 3 | . . | . . | 9 |
Delirium Tremens | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
Insanity | 9 | . . | 6 | . . | . . | . . | 15 |
Carbuncle | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
All other Diseases | 82 | 41 | 654 | 700 | 763 | 220 | 2460 |
Total | 125 | 42 | 1115 | 997 | 866 | 290 | 3435 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From September 2nd, 1867, to September 28th, 1867.
South West District. | South East District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 14 | 24 | 104 | 142 | |
Drains | Constructed | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Improved or repaired | 5 | 24 | 11 | 40 | |
Traps fixed | 7 | 19 | 13 | 39 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | . . | 11 | 13 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | |
Water supply furnished | 2 | 30 | I | 33 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | . . | 4 | 4 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
Relaid | 6 | 23 | 12 | 41 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 3 | . . | 2 | 5 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 2 | 20 | 10 | 32 | |
Water supply provided | . . | .. | . . | . . | |
Other Improve-ments | Houses generally repaired | . . | . . | 25 | 25 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 6 | 33 | 40 | 79 | |
,, ventilated | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Overcrowding abated | 2 | 1 | . . | 3 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | . . | . . | . . | . . |