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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.
RETURN OF CASES OF DISEASE TREATED BY THE PAROCHIAL MEDICAL OFFICERS DURING FOUR WEEKS ENDING
NOVEMBER 2(ith, 1857.
| New Cases. | Small-Pox. | Chicken Pox | Measles. | Scarlatina. | HoopingCough | 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 | 863 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 104 | 303 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 320 | 32 |
| Districts, &c. Workhouse | 72 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 29 | 2 | .. | 4 | 31 | .. |
| Infant Poor House | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• |
| Northern District | 100 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 1 | .. | 2 | 38 | 14 |
| North-Westn. District | 155 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 68 | 1 | .. | 7 | 50 | 7 |
| South-Westn. District | 133 | 1 | .. | 12 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 22 | 57 | 1 | •• | 6 | 44 | 3 |
| North-Eastn. District | 148 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 13 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 60 | 1 |
| South-Eastn. District | 254 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | 125 | 2 | .. | 4 | 96 | 7 |