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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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NEW CASES OF DISEASE TREATED BY THE PAROCHIAL MEDICAL OFFICERS DURING FOUR WEEKS ENDING
JUNE 25th, 1857.
| New Cases. | Small-Pox. | Chicken Pox | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough | Croup. | Diarrhoea. | Dysentery. | Cholera. | Ague. | Infantile Fever | Typhus. | Rheumatic Fever. | Erysipelas. | Other Zymotic Diseases. | Total of Zymotic Dis. | Dis. of Resp. Organs. | Phthisis. | Carbuncles & Boils. | Chron..& Local Rheumatism. | Other Diseases. | Accidents and Injuries. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 654 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 128 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 3/3 | 33 |
| Districts, &c. | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .. | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| Infant Poor House | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Northern District | 66 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 28 | 12 |
| North-Westn. District | 97 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | •• | •• | 24 | 25 | 1 | .. | 2 | 41 | 4 |
| South-Westn. District | 98 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | •• | .. | 22 | 16 | 2 | .. | 4 | 52 | 2 |
| North-Eastn. District | 80 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 10 | 13 | .. | .. | 3 | 53 | 1 |
| South-Eastn. District | 280 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 181 | 13 |