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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 1899
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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[1899
Table XXXVII.
| Secondary Diseases. | Quarters. | The Year. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Males. | Females. | Totals. | |
| Pneumonia | 27 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 54 | 34 | 88 |
| Bronchitis | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Croup | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Phthisis | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Marasmus | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Syncope | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Membranous Croup | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Enteritis | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stomatitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Dentition | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cancrum Oris | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total Secondary Diseases | 44 | — | 26 | 29 | 81 | 69 | 150 |
| Deaths where no secondary disease was entered | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Total Deaths | 45 | 58 | 26 | 31 | 82 | 73 | 155 |
I have frequently commented in past reports on the want of care
taken of children when attacked with Measles. Instead of being
put to bed, kept warm, guarded against chills, and treated as for a
serious disease, they are allowed to sit up, run from room to room,
to play on the staircase, and sometimes to wander into the streets.