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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 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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94 Table LXXXIII. Showing the Cases of Infectious Disease which were notified in the several Months during the Year 1897. N.B.—Duplicate Notifications have been deducted.
| MONTH | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid Fever). | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | TotalEachMonth. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | 120 | 84 | 3 | 8 | — | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | 239 |
| February | — | 91 | 51 | 1 | 18 | — | 27 | 5 | — | — | — | 193 |
| March | — | 115 | 83 | 1 | 14 | — | 28 | 3 | — | — | — | 244 |
| April | 1 | 87 | 31 | 1 | 7 | — | 24 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 153 |
| May | 1 | 107 | 56 | 4 | 14 | — | 22 | 1 | — | — | — | 205 |
| June | — | 119 | 66 | 1 | 17 | — | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 231 |
| July | 1 | 117 | 51 | 2 | 20 | — | 22 | 1 | — | — | — | 214 |
| August | — | 110 | 46 | — | 20 | — | 29 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 207 |
| September | — | 243 | 58 | 1 | 37 | — | 33 | 3 | — | — | — | 375 |
| October | — | 228 | 61 | 3 | 37 | — | 23 | 1 | — | — | — | 353 |
| November | — | 132 | 48 | 6 | 27 | — | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | 244 |
| December | — | 108 | 65 | 6 | 37 | — | 30 | 2 | — | — | — | 248 |
| TOTALS | 3 | 1,577 | 700 | 29 | 256 | — | 312 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 | 2,906 |
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