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of the year 1869, there were only 69 oases observed in the publio practice
of the parish, and only 14 deaths were attributed to it. The numbers

Hence, although we speak of the epidemic as commencing in October, it
must be observed that the first threatenings of the outbreak, which has
since proved to be the most serious in the memory of the majority of
persons now living, were apparent some months earlier. As I write, the
epidemic, which has been scourging us throughout the winter, is only
just abating in Islington, so that its history as a whole, must be reserved
to my next report. I shall content myself in this place by merely recording
its progress week by week, from October to the end of the year.
Public
Cases. Deaths in whole Parish.
Week ending October 6 8
„ „ 152 31 3
„ „ 22 2
„ „ 29 17
„ November 5 3
„ 12 4 36 13
„ „ 19 11
26 17
„ Decomber 3 17
„ 10 23
„ 17 24 104 17
„ 24 24
„ 31 16
Measles. In accordance with my prolonged observations in the parish, the
year 1870 was one in which some prevalence of this disease was anticipated.
The deaths which it occasioned were 110, and the number of cases in the
public practice amounted to 975. Commencing in the month of March
with a total of 54 cases, it attained its maximum prevalence in the month
June, when 246 cases and 26 deaths, were recorded, from which period it
died away as an epidemic through July, August, and September.