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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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RETURN OF CASES OF DISEASE TREATED BY THE PAROCHIAL MEDICAL OFFICERS DURING FIVE WEEKS ENDING APRIL, 1st, 1858.
| 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 | 829 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 266 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 401 | 28 |
| Districts, &c. Workhouse | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | 2 | .. | 6 | 36 | 1 |
| Infant Poor House | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. |
| Northern District | 94 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 7 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 9 |
| North-Westn. District | 173 | 1 | .. | .. | *3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 17 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 93 | 4 |
| South-Westn. District | 120 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 56 | 3 | .. | 7 | 47 | 2 |
| North-Eastn. District | 135 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 14 | 41 | .. | 1 | 4 | 69 | 6 |
| Soutb-Eastn. District | 235 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 22 | 86 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 105 | 6 |
* Including a case of " Diphtherite."