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 23rd DAY OF MAY, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | .. | 17 | 4 | .. | .. | 22 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | 10 |
Measles | .. | .. | 54 | 11 | 26 | .. | 91 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 10 | 23 | 11 | .. | 44 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 27 | 13 | 26 | .. | 66 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 3 | .. | 35 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 112 |
Dysentery | ... | .. | 1 | 1 | ... | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | 5 | .. | 10 | 12 | 2 | .. | 29 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ... | 2 | |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipela | 1 | .. | 11 | 1 | ... | .. | 13 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | .. | ... |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | 1 | .. | 18 | 23 | 15 | .. | 57 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 2 | ... | ... | .. | 2 |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 9 | .. | 198 | 117 | 115 | 40 | 479 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
Delirium Tremens | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Insanity | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | 62 | 23 | 602 | 580 | 735 | 188 | 2190 |
Total | 86 | 23 | 1002 | 837 | 965 | 241 | 3154 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 27th, 1868. t,o May 30th, 1868.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Number of houses inspected | 217 | 139 | 213 | 569 | |
Drains | Constructed | 15 | 5 | 19 | 39 |
Improved or repaired | 18 | 38 | 19 | 75 | |
Traps fixed | 37 | 41 | 52 | 130 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Ceansed or disinfected | . . | .. | .. | ||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished . | 7 | 2 | 23 | 32 |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
Water supply furnished | 6 | 25 | 29 | 60 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 9 | .. | 9 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 11 | 9 | 18 | 38 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
Relaid | 32 | 42 | 30 | 104 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 7 | 6 | 16 | 29 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 17 | 8 | 15 | 40 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 18 | 13 | 24 | 55 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 53 | 60 | 38 | 151 | |
,, ventilated | .. | ... | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | ... | 6 | .. | 6 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Amendments | 6 | .. | 28 | 34 | |
* In addition to the above, Belle Isle, in the South-West District, was inspected during twelve conbecutive days and on eleven nights between the hours of 8 and 11. |