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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING
DECEMBER 31st, 1857.
| New Cases. | Small-Pox. | Chicken Pox | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough | Croup. | Diarrhœa. | Dysentery. | Cholera. | Ague. | Infantile Fever | Typhus. | Rheumatic Fever. | Erysipelas. | Other Zymo tic Diseases | Total of Zymotic Dis. | Dis. of Resp. Organs. | Phthisis. | Carbuncles & Boils. | Cbron.& Local Rheumatism. | Other Diseases. | Accidents and Injuries. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | 788 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 96 | 255 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 368 | 30 | ||
| Districts, &c. | 83 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | 28 | .. | .. | 7 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Infant Poor House | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | ||
| Northern District | 117 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 21 | 21 | .. | 1 | 2 | 54 | 18 | ||
| North-Westn. District | 138 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 53 | 2 | .. | 3 | 60 | 1 | ||
| South-Westn. District | 119 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 14 | 52 | 1 | .. | 5 | 46 | 1 | ||
| North-Eastn. District | 122 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 13 | 32 | 1 | .. | 7 | 68 | 1 | ||
| South-Eastn. District | 192 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 21 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 7 | ||