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 MARCH, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Hollowly Dispensary. | Islington ! Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 16 | 4 | 20 | ||||
Chicken Pox | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |||
Measle | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |||
Scarlatina | 12 | 20 | 3 | 35 | |||
hooping Cough | 1 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 49 | ||
Croup | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
Diarrhoea | 3 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 84 | |
Dysentery | 2 | 2 | |||||
Cholera | |||||||
Ague | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Continued Fever | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | |
Influenza | |||||||
Puerperal Fever | |||||||
Rheumatic Fever | 4 | 5 | |||||
Erysipelas | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |||
Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | 14 | 30 | 20 | 64 | |||
Mumps | 4 | • • | 4 | ||||
Pyaemia | • • | ||||||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 28 | 266 | 158 | 125 | 93 | 670 | |
Pneumonia | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
Pleurisy | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | |||
Delirium Tremens | 2 | 3 | |||||
Insanity | 0 | 7 | 13 | ||||
Carbuncle | 2 | 2 | |||||
All other Diseases | 69 | 26 | 756 | 768 | 774 | 304 | 2697 |
115 | 28 | 1168 | 1060 | 988 | 412 | 3771 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 2nd, 1868, to March 28th, 1868.
Sout East | District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 151 | 243 | 169 | 563 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Improved or repaired | 27 | 17 | 10 | 54 | |
Traps fixed | 30 | 13 | 20 | 63 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | ||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 10 | 10 | ||
Pan and trap only furnished | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Water supply furnished | 14 | 5 | 9 | 28 • | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Repaired and covers adapte | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
Relaid | 22 | 27 | 15 | 64 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 18 | 1 | 13 | 32 | |
Water supply provided | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
Other Improve- ments | Houses genernlly repaired | 2 | 17 | 19 | |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 54 | 32 | 43 | 129 | |
,, ventilated | .. | ||||
Overcrowding abated | 3 | • • | 3 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | •• | 4 | •• | 4 |