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, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small pox | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Chicken pox | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | .. | .. | |||||
Scarlatina | .. | .. | |||||
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | |||||
Croup | .. | .. | |||||
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | |||||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | ||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | |||||
Erysipelas | |||||||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | |||||||
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 2 | ||||||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | |||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Insanity | .. | .. | |||||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | ||||
All other Diseases | |||||||
Total |
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | |||||
Drains | Constructed | ||||
Traps fixed | |||||
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | |||
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | ||||
Water supply furnished | |||||
Dust bins | Constructed | ||||
Repaired and covers adapted | |||||
Constructed | .. | ||||
Relaid | |||||
New receptacle provided | .. | ||||
Receptacle repaired and cleansed | |||||
Houses generally repaired | |||||
,, cleansed or limewashed | |||||
,, ventilated | |||||
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | |||
.. | .. | ||||
Other Amendments | .. |