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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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Table: HOSPITAL STATISTICS. Table XCI. Showing the number of cases of the several infectious diseases removed from Islington to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals for treatment and isolation during 1897.

HOSPITAL STATISTICS. Table XCI. Showing the number of cases of the several infectious diseases removed from Islington to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals for treatment and isolation during 1897.

Metropolitan Asylum Board's Hospitals.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever,TyphusFeverOther Diseases.Total Admissions.Total Deaths.
Eastern..8515426..3830345
North Eastern..707......1171830
North Western..18113138..2337337
Western..46••••..10..
South Western••....••....••..
Fountain••....••••..••..
South Eastern••12••....3..
Small Pox1••••••••..1..
Totals197829364••721,408112

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TRADES AND BUSINESSES CARRIED ON IN INFECTED
HOUSES.
In the succeeding Table information is given as to trades and
businesses carried on in houses in which infectious diseases have appeared.
A glance at it will be sufficient to show that diseases of the character
mentioned would be likely to spread widely from such places if prompt
precautions were not taken on the notification being made. This is
especially the case in houses where dressmaking and allied trades are
conducted, for it can be understood how easily infection can be carried
in clothing. The Factory and Workshops Act of 1895 very wisely
provided against this by making it an offence to allow wearing apparel
to be made, cleaned, or repaired in premises in which Small Pox or
Scarlet Fever had appeared. This clause has on many occasions been a
most potent assistance in preventing persons continuing to carry on
work while a person suffering from Scarlet Fever remained in the
house.
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