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 OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY of JULY, 1872, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infants Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | 13 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | .. | 13 |
Measles | .. | 26 | .. | 1 | 17 | .. | 44 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | .. | 12 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 14 | .. | 31 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | 67 | 84 | 29 | 180 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | .. | 14 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Diphteria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 21 | 5 | 36 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | 3 | .. | 47 | 93 | 14 | 157 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 8 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
All other Diseases | .. | 27 | .. | 443 | 641 | 138 | 249 |
Total | .. | 57 | .. | 633 | 906 | 187 | 1783 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From July 1st, 1872, to July 27th, 1872.
South East District. | South "West District. | North District. | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Houses | inspected | 176 | 140 | 191 | 507 |
Drains | Constructed | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
Improved or repaired | 18 | 44 | 7 | 69 | |
Traps fixed | 17 | 48 | 35 | 100 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 2 | .. | 23 | 25 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
Water supply furnished | 12 | 10 | 22 | 44 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
Relaid | 16 | 46 | 24 | 86 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 36 | 10 | 11 | 57 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Other Improve- ments | Houses generally repaired | 9 | 1 | 33 | 43 |
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed. | 55 | 13 | 73 | 141 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | 9 | .. | 9 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 9 | 11 | 59 | 79 |
N.B.—From July 1st, to July 27th, the Inspector of Dust visited 2071 houses and found Dust was
required to be removed from 707 of these.