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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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TABLE II.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE TREATED BY THE PAROCHIAL MEDICAL OFFICERS DURING FOUR WEEKS ENDING
APRIL 23rd, 1857.
| New Cases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough | Croup. | Diarrhoea. | Dysentery. | Cholera. | Ague. | Infantile Fever | Typhus. | Puerperal Fever. | Rheumatic Fever. | Erysipelas. | Other Zymotic Diseases. | Total of Zymotic Dis. | Dis. of Resp. Organs. | Phthisis. | Carbuncles Si Boils. | Chron.& Local Rheumatism. | Other Diseases. | Accidents and Injuries. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 661 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 96 | 131 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 363 | 41 |
| Districts, &c. | 42 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 26 | .. |
| Infant Poor House | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. |
| Northern District | 65 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | •• | .. | 1 | 4 | 17 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 28 | 12 | |
| North-Westn. District | 97 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | •• | .. | 2 | 15 | 28 | 2 | .. | 2 | 48 | 2 |
| South-Westn. District | 81 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 5 |
| North-Eastn. District | 83 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 10 | 1 | .. | 5 | 47 | 9 |
| South-Eastn. District | 279 | .. | 2 | 2 | 11 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 38 | 59 | 5 | .. | 7 | 157 | 13 |