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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: Table LV. Return of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the undermentioned periods in accordance with the "PublicHealth (London) Act, 1891" (Sec. 55b.)

Table LV. Return of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the undermentioned periods in accordance with the "PublicHealth (London) Act, 1891" (Sec. 55b.)

month endingSmall Pox.Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever).Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total Each Month.
January1013043116-331---234
February1011346214-3611--222
March2815946415-322l--287
April2711848412-382—--250
May151825219-321—--292
June1233588123-645l--529
July526858118—532—--405
August129676117-522—--445
September2467100632-8621--696
October135194424-969l-1581
November—26310223416951--477
December7197101337-8161--433
TOTALS1182,879854302511672387-14,851