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 DECEMBER, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | . . | . . | 19 | 4 | 2 | . . | 25 |
Chicken Pox | . . | . . | 10 | 10 | . . | 20 | |
Measles | . . | . . | 26 | 28 | 15 | . . | 69 |
Scarlatina | . . | . . | 35 | 11 | 17 | . . | 63 |
Whooping Cough | . . | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | . . | 40 |
Croup | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
Diarrhœa | 6 | . . | 20 | 12 | 19 | . . | . . |
Dysentery | .. | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . |
Cholera | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Ague | .. | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | . . | . . |
Influenza | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Fever | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 9 | . . | 13 |
Erysipelas | 4 | . . | 10 | 6 | 6 | . . | 26 |
Diphtheria | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | I |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | 1 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 11 | . . | 62 |
Mumps | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Pyaemia | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 32 | . . | 429 | 215 | 112 | . . | 852 |
Pneumonia | 1 | . . | 5 | 5 | 6 | . . | 17 |
Pleurisy | 3 | . . | 12 | 2 | 6 | . . | 23 |
Delirium Tremens | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Insanity | ! 3 | . . | 6 | 1 | . . | . . | 10 |
Carbuncle | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
All other Diseases | 107 | 32 | 515 | 548 | 792 | 234 | 2228 |
Total | 159 | 38 | 1132 | 896 | 1018 | 309 | 3552 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 25th, 1867, to December 28th, 1867.
South West District. | South East District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 173 | 104 | 138 | 415 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
Improved or repaired | 27 | 33 | 9 | 69 | |
Traps fixed | 23 | 40 | 32 | 95 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Cleansed or disinfected | . . | . . | 2 | 2 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Pan and trap only furnished | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Water supply furnished | 12 | 19 | 3 | 34 | |
Dust bins | "Constructed. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 |
Relaid | 24 | 20 | 11 | 55 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 5 | 5 | . . | 10 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 41 | 12 | 10 | 63 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Other Improve-ments | Houses generally repaired | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 41 | 13 | 2 | 84 | |
,, ventilated | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Overcrowding abated | 2 | 2 | . . | 4 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | . . | . . | . . | . . |