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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF OCTOBER 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
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Small Pox | 1 | . . | 12 | 14 | . . | . . | 27 |
Chicken Pox | . . | . . | 6 | 9 | . . | . . | 15 |
Measles | . . | . . | 24 | 5 | . . | . . | 29 |
Scarlatina | . . | . . | 51 | 33 | 51 | . . | 135 |
Whooping Cough | . . | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | . . | 16 |
Croup | . . | . . | 2 | .. | 2 | ||
Diarrhœa | 5 | . . | 51 | 27 | 15 | 12 | no |
Dysentery | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 | |
Cholera | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Ague | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Continued Fever | 4 | . . | 5 | 6 | . . | . . | 15 |
Influenza | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . | 5 |
Erysipelas | 1 | . . | 4 | 3 | 1 | . . | 9 |
Diphtheria | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | . . | . . | 17 | 18 | 7 | . . | 42 |
Mumps | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Pyaemia | . . | . . | . . | . . | .. | . . | . . |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 11 | 2 | 276 | 127 | 78 | 49 | 543 |
Pneumonia | . . | . . | 7 | 9 | 1 | . . | 17 |
Pleurisy | . . | . . | 5 | 1 | . . | . . | 6 |
Delirium Tremens | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Insanity | 4 | . . | 4 | 2 | . . | . . | 10 |
Carbuncle | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
All other Diseases | 48 | 35 | 504 | 531 | 546 | 168 | 1832 |
Total | 76 | 38 | 972 | 801 | 701 | 229 | 2817 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From September 30th, 1867, to October 26th, 1867.
South West District. | South. East District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 187 | 34 | 154 | 375 | |
Drains | Constructed | . . | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Improved or repaired | 14 | 14 | 4 | 32 | |
Traps fixed | 9 | 27 | 27 | 63 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 3 | 2 | . . | 5 |
Pan and trap only furnished | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Water supply furnished | 2 | 13 | 9 | 24 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | . . | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | . . | . . | 12 | 12 |
Relaid | 35 | 38 | 36 | 109 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 7 | 17 | 9 | 33 | |
Water supply provided | . . | 2 | . . | 2 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | . . | 1 | 20 | 21 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 71 | 55 | 52 | 178 | |
„ ventilated | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | . . | . . | . . | . . |