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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1893
Thirty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table XLVII. The following table gives the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified under the "Public Health (London) Act, 1891 " during the year ending 30th December, 1893. (N.B.—Duplicate cases have been deducted).
| Wards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid Fever). | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. | Cases notified per 1,000 of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Upper Holloway | 41 | 790 | 283 | 10 | 88 | 1 | 244 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | *1,470 | ... |
| Lower Holloway | 28 | 368 | 57 | 5 | 19 | ... | 70 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 554 | ... |
| Highbury | 9 | 633 | 140 | 3 | 56 | ... | 75 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 925 | ... |
| Thornhill | 14 | 355 | 94 | 3 | 17 | ... | 63 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 551 | ... |
| Barnsbury | 6 | 209 | 46 | 3 | 17 | ... | 51 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 335 | ... |
| St. Mary's | 6 | 136 | 55 | 1 | 9 | ... | 49 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 259 | ... |
| Canonbury | 5 | 201 | 62 | ... | 24 | ... | 41 | ... | 1 | ... | . | 334 | ... |
| St. Peter's | 9 | 187 | 117 | 5 | 21 | ... | 79 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 423 | ... |
| Totals | 118 | 2879 | 854 | 30 | 251 | 1 | 672 | 38 | 7 | ... | 1 | 4,851 | ... |
| 1891 | 1 | 700 | 708 | 37 | 185 | 1 | 337 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2,014 | 6·3 |
| 1892 | 40 | 1703 | 700 | 43 | 216 | ... | 546 | 51 | 6 | ... | † 4 | 3,309 | 10·2 |
* This number includes 64 cases in the Holborn Infirmary (non-residents in the Parish), †2 cases of true cholera imported from Hamburg.