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 UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1871, AT THE
FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 101 | £0 13 | 9 | .. | 123 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 18 | .. | 27 |
Measles | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 11 | 9 | 7 | .. | 27 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 15 | 25 | 10 | .. | 50 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 16 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 54 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 7 | 14 | 21 | .. | 42 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 14 | 6 | 5 | .. | 25 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 13 | 19 | 30 | .. | 62 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | 1 | 235 | 192 | 197 | 85 | 710 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 8 | .. | 14 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 10 | .. | 19 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
All other Diseases | .. | 13 | 468 | 631 | 699 | 98 | 1909 |
Total | .. | 14 | 905 | 953 | 1034 | 189 | 3095 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 30th, 1871, to February 25th, 1871.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
* Number of houses | inspected | 238 | 131 | 79 | 448 |
Drains | Constructed | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Improved or repaired | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Traps fixed | •• | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | • • | 1 | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | •• | •• | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Water supply furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | • • | 4 | 4 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Water supply provided | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 3 | 15 | 12 | 30 | |
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | .. | .. | 34 | 34 |
* Inspections, Disinfections, Burnings, &c., in connection with the Small-Pox Epidemic, and the necessary
attention to complaints have engrossed more than the ordinary time of the Inspectors to the unavoidable neglect
of much other sanitary work.