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 29th DAY OF APRIL, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | 10 | 162 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 249 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | 12 |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 5 | .. | 17 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 12 | 17 | 7 | .. | 36 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 10 | 23 | 18 | .. | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
Ague | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 14 | .. | 33 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 5 | .. | 13 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | •• |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 7 | 12 | 23 | .. | 42 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | 3 | 135 | 153 | 213 | .. | 565 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 11 | .. | 15 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | .. | 12 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | .. | 14 | 335 | 516 | 799 | 91 | 1655 |
Total | .. | 27 | 685 | 799 | 1052 | 167 | 2730 |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From March 27th, 1871, to April 29th, 1871.
South East District. | South "West District. | North ! District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Number of houses inspected | 109 | 212 | 95 | 416 | |
Drains | Constructed | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Improved | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
Traps fixed | 3 | 8 | .. | 11 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
water supply furnished | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relaid | 1 | 10 | .. | 11 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed | 49 | 60 | 43 | 152 | |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | .. | 1 | 93 | 94 |
*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