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To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry of
St. Mary, Islington.
Sir, Madam, and Gentlemen,
Herewith I have pleasure in submitting for your consideration
my Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of
your Parish during the year 1896.
It will be found to contain a large amount of information
respecting not only the diseases which were prevalent during
the year 1896, but also, for comparative purposes, those which
had existed during the preceding eleven years.
The most notable events of the year were the epidemic of
Measles and the extraordinary action of the School Board in
failing to assist the Parish officials in checking it, the outbreak
of Small Pox, and the extensive prevalence of Diphtheria. I
would also draw your particular attention to the large amount
of good work performed by your Sanitary Inspectors, as well as
by your Inspectors of Factories and Workshops, and also to
the great success which has attended the weekly removal of
dust (vide Table K in Appendix).
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
ALFRED E. HARRIS,
Medical Officer of Health
Public Health Department,
Vestry Hall, Upper Street, N.,
31st May, 1897.