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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF MARCH, 1861, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out-patient Paupers. | Islington Dispensary. | Holloway Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison. | London Fever Hospital. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Chicken Pox | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 8 |
Measles | .. | 5 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 31 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | 8 | 18 |
Hooping cough | .. | .. | 25 | 9 | 20 | .. | .. | 54 |
Croup | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Diarrhoea | 2 | .. | 29 | 3 | 25 | 6 | .. | 65 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 9 | .. | 13 | 27 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 14 |
Erysipeals | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 13 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 25 | 5 | 10 | .. | 1 | 41 |
PyƦmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 7 | .. | 196 | 61 | 80 | 40 | 2 | 386 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All other diseases | 43 | 7 | 490 | 635 | 514 | 104 | 6 | 1799 |
Total | 60 | 14 | 827 | 725 | 681 | 150 | 35 | 2492 |