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 UNDEIl TREATMENT DURING} THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Chicken Pox | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | 12 |
Measles | 2 | .. | 28 | 39 | 9 | .. | 78 |
Scarlatina | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .. | 27 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 5 | 17 | 13 | .. | 35 |
Croup | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
Diarrhœa | 7 | .. | 26 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 101 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | 9 | 5 | 4 | .. | 21 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 7 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 12 | 10 | 4 | .. | 27 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 24 | 33 | 33 | .. | 90 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 20 | 2 | 258 | 148 | 90 | 55 | 573 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 5 | .. | 16 |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 3 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | 53 | 15 | 476 | 513 | 746 | 219 | 2022 |
Total | 91 | 20 | 867 | 820 | 945 | 290 | 3033 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 5th, 1868, to October 31st, 1868.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Number of houses inspected | 130 | 101 | 100 | 331 | |
Drains | Constructed | 4 | 4 | .. | 8 |
Improved or repaired | 10 | 2 | 11 | 23 | |
Traps Fixed | 18 | 5 | 25 | 48 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supplv furnished | 7 | .. | 5 | 12 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
Wsater supply furnished | 23 | 3 | 11 | 37 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Relaid | 37 | 25 | 25 | 87 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | 20 | .. | 7 | 27 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 18 | 3 | .. | 21 |
,, cleansed or limewashed | 130 | 45 | 60 | 235 | |
„ venttilated | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Amendments | 14 | 2 | 14 | 30 |
*The Bakehouses, Cowhouses, Slaughterhouses, and several Work rooms were also inspected.