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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING
MAY 28th, 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 | 807 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 128 | 122 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 468 | 47 |
| Districts, &c. | 66 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | .. | 7 | 38 | 1 |
| Infant Poor House | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. |
| Northern District | 72 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 17 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 30 | 16 |
| North-Westn. District | 104 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 21 | 22 | 4 | .. | 3 | 49 | 5 |
| South-Westn. District | 79 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 17 | 1 | .. | 2 | 48 | .. |
| North-Eastn. District | 129 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | 21 | 16 | .. | 2 | 4 | 79 | 7 |
| South-Eastn. District | 339 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | •• | 1 | .. | 5 | 56 | 44 | 5 | .. | 10 | 206 | 18 |