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 OK DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JANUARY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | 1 | 89 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 121 |
Chicken Pox | • • | .. | 1 | 6 | 7 | .. | 14 |
Measles | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | 15 | .. | 28 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 22 | 15 | 3 | .. | 40 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | 12 | 15 | 2 | .. | 30 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 20 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 57 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | 27 | .. | 46 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 9 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | 4 | .. | 17 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 24 | 18 | 18 | .. | 60 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | • • | 3 |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | 1 | 265 | 208 | 222 | 40 | 736 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 9 | .. | 17 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 11 | .. | 21 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | .. | .. | a | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
All other Diseases | .. | 17 | 471 | 518 | 585 | 61 | 1652 |
Total | .. | 20 | 947 | 843 | 944 | 116 j | 2870 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 2nd, 1871, to January 28th, 1871.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 83 | 152 | 30 | 1 265 | |
Drains | Constructed | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 |
Improved or repaired | 13 | 18 | 5 | 36 | |
Traps fixed | 19 | .. | 9 | 37 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Water supply furnished | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Relaid | 9 | 14 | 9 | 32 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 16 | 4 | 1 | 21 | |
Water supply provided | • • | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | 4 | 6 | 10 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 20 | 12 | 21 | 53 | |
ventilated | .. | .. | .. | ||
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 5 | 4 | 36 | 45 |