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 II.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF APRIL, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Hollo way Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 17 | 10 | 2 | .. | 29 |
Chicken | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | 6 | .. | 20 |
Measles0 | .. | .. | 18 | 1 | 10 | .. | 29 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 15 | 10 | 12 | .. | 37 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 24 | 10 | 20 | .. | 54 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 10 | .. | 30 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 79 |
Dysentery0 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | 5 | .. | 7 | 5 | 5 | .. | 22 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Erusipelas | 1 | .. | 7 | 3 | 2 | .. | 13 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 8 | 22 | 17 | .. | 47 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 23 | .. | 297 | 133 | 151 | .. | 640 |
Pneumonia | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | 11 | .. | 24 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 5 | .. | 17 |
Delirium Tremen | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Insanity | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
Carbuncle | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
All other Diseases | 49 | 20 | 524 | 569 | 653 | 227 | 2042 |
Total | 95 | 21 | 971 | 813 | 903 | 273 | 3076 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 30th, 1868, to April 25tb, 1868.
SouthEast District. | South West District. | . North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 149 | 197 | 169 | 515 | |
Drains | Constructed | 10 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Improved or repaired | 36 | 16 | 5 | 57 | |
Traps fixed | 18 | 4 | 32 | 54 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Privies and WaterClosets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 4 | .. | 5 | 9 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | |
Water supply furnished | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |
Dust bins | "Constructed | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | 19 | 19 |
Relaid. | 31 | 20 | 5 | 56 | |
General Water | New receptacle provided | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 23 | 16 | 16 | 55 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Improve- ments | Houses generally repaired | 19 | 2 | 6 | 27 |
,, cleansed or liraewashed | 91 | 24 | 13 | 131 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 14 | 1 | .. | 15 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | •• | •• | •• |