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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TABLE II.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF AUGUST, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | .. | 11 |
Measles | .. | .. | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | 17 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 17 | 6 | 41 | .. | 64 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | 11 | 44 | 44 | .. | 101 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Diarrœa | 4 | .. | 82 | 124 | 140 | 31 | 381 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 8 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 3 | 15 | 13 | .. | 32 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 10 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 11 | 24 | 28 | .. | 63 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 22 | 1 | 66 | 61 | 96 | 41 | 287 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 9 | .. | 14 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 5 | .. | 15 |
Delirium Tremens | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Insanity | 6 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 15 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | 58 | 12 | 353 | 530 | 621 | 212 | 1786 |
Total | 97 | 13 | 582 | 830 | 1021 | 284 | 2827 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From Aug. 2nd, 1869, to Aug. 28th, 1869.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 92 | 108 | 152 | 352 | |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Improved or repaired | 8 | 21 | 3 | 32 | |
Traps fixed | 10 | 12 | 32 | 54 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Water supply furnished | 7 | 11 | 25 | ||
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Relaid | 4 | 19 | l | 24 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Water supply provided | .. | I | .. | 1 | |
Other Improve- ments | Houses generally repaired | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 47 | 36 | 90 | ||
„ ventilated | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 9 | .. | 9 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | |
Other Amendments | .. | 3 | 17 | 20 |