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 FOUP WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF AUGUST, 1872, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 22 | .. | 30 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | 91 | 54 | 41 | 186 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | .. | 17 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 8 |
Diphteria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 17 | 6 | 37 |
Mumps | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 49 | 42 | 127 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other Diseases | .. | 28 | .. | 375 | 560 | 130 | 1093 |
Total | .. | 28 | .. | 551 | 745 | 219 | 1543 |
TABLE III.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From July 29th, 1872, to August 24th, 1872.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Houses inspected | 67 | 103 | 123 | 293 | |
Drains | Constructed | 3 | .. | 5 | 8 |
Improved or repaired | 13 | 26 | 12 | 51 | |
Traps fixed | 22 | 24 | 11 | 57 | |
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 | .. | 12 | .. | 12 | |
Water supply furnished | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Relaid | 14 | 22 | 20 | 56 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 3 | 5 | .. | 8 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 83 | 15 | 8 | 106 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improve-ments | Houses generally repaired | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
&c., cleansed or limewashed | 62 | 35 | 27 | 124 | |
,, Ventilated | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 9 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
N.B.—From July 29th, to August 24th, the Inspector of Dust visited 2409 houses and found that Dust was
required to he removed from 671 of these.