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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 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1906
SMALL-POX.
It is satisfactory to note that only one case of Small-pox was notified.
This occurred in Highbury, but was not indigenous to the Borough, as the
person who was attacked had only arrived within a few days from Bilbao,
where, without doubt, he contracted the disease. He was removed to hospital,
where he recovered. The patient had been vaccinated in infancy.
In the County of London there were only 31 cases notified, which
occurred in the following districts:- Paddington, Islington, Hackney, Bethnal
Green, Stepney, Poplar, Bermondsey, Chelsea and Deptford.

Table: Table LXXIV.Showing the Sickness fromSmall Poxin the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and for the Year.

Table LXXIV.

Showing the Sickness fromSmall Poxin the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and for the Year.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter,3rd Quarter.4th Quarter,Whole Year.
Tufnell..........
Upper Holloway..........
Tollington..........
Lower Holloway..........
Highbury....1..1
Barnsbury..........
Islington, South East..........
The Borough....1..1