Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table LXXXVIII.
Where Treated. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid Fever.) | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases treated. | In Hospitals | 2 | 1077 | 339 | 7 | 152 | ... | 39 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | l620 |
At Home | 1 | 500 | 361 | 22 | 104 | ... | 273 | 24 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1287 | |
Total | 3 | 1577 | 700 | 29 | 256 | ... | 312 | *28 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2907 | |
Deaths. | In Hospital | ... | 45 | 60 | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ••• | ... | 126 |
At Home | 1 | 16 | 55 | 16 | 25 | ... | 11 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 132 | |
Total | 1 | 61 | 115 | 16 | 44 | ... | 11 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 258 |
*The notification of one case was not received from the medical practitioner until
after the close of the fourth quarter, although the death of the patient was heard o
previously, and occurred in hospital.
Table LXXXIX.
Where Treated. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enter's (Typhoid Fever.) | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total Percentages | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentages of notified cases treated | In Hospitals | 66.6 | 68.3 | 48.4 | 24.1 | 59.4 | ... | 12.5 | 14.3 | ... | ... | ... | 55.7 | |
At Home | 33.4 | 31.7 | 51.6 | 25.9 | 40.6 | ... | 87.5 | 85.7 | 100.0 | ... | 100.0 | 44.3 | ||
Percentages of Deaths | occurring | In Hospital | ... | 4.2 | 17.7 | ... | 12.5 | ... | ... | 50.0 | ... | ... | ... | 7.8 |
At Home | 100.0 | 3.2 | 15.2 | 72.7 | 24.0 | ... | 4.0 | 33.3 | ... | ... | ... | 10.2 | ||
Total | 100.0 | 3.8 | 16.4 | 55.2 | 17.2 | ... | 3.5 | 35.7 | ... | ... | ... | 8.8 |