London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1858

[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 APRIL 29th, 1858.

New Cases.Small-Pox.Chicken PoxMeasles.Scarlatina.Hooping CoughCroup.Diarrhoea.Dysentery.Cholera.Ague.Infantile FeverTyphus.Rheumatic Fever.Erysipelas.Other Zymotic DiseasesTotal of Zymotic Dis.Dis. of Resp. Organs.Phthisis.Carbuncles & Boils.Chron.& Local Rheumatism.Other Diseases.Accidents and Injuries.
Totals6912212226030105275571061311383536137
Districts, &c.67............9....2..........119411401
Infant Poor House8........................................8..
Upper Holloway261..2..2..4........21....123....191
Lower Holloway64....214..1....112......127..14337
Highbury26....3..3..................175..1292
Thornhill1571..1..8..8..........42..24411..8776
Barnsbury68......13..2..............17171..6343
St. Mary*59....2..3..2....1.1......910....2353
68..1....1..2......1....241117212305
148..12..2..21..1..2..111322549869

* Two weeks only.