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Islington 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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TABLE III.

Shewing the Number of Deaths registered in each Ward, distinguishing those from certain important Diseases and Classes of Disease, and the proportion borne by these Deaths to the total mortality of the Ward.

[Omitting Deaths in the Workhouse and Infant Poor-honse, and such Deaths as could not be correctly referred to the Ward in which they occurred.]

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3.Ward 4.Ward 5.Ward 6.Ward 7.Ward 8.
Per cent. of all dths.Per cent. of all dths.Per cent. of all dths.Per cent of all dths.Per cent. of all dths.Per cent. of all dths.Per cent. of all dths.Per cent. of all dths.
All Causes.153221234508265228276553
Zymotic diseases3220.96027.19232.313526.55922.25423.67627.518934.1
Tubercular diseases2415.62110.83612.68616.94416.63615.74215.28315.0
Deaths under 5 yrs.5233.910647.913045.728055.112547.19441.212846.128852.0
Phthisis2013.0209.03010.56913.53212.02711.82910.56511.7
Dis. of Org. of Res.2013.05826.25117910320.25120.34620.14817.39116.4
Small Pox31.9....10.361.120.7........61.0
Meales10.6146.3124.2224.351.873.062 1285.0
Scarlatina53.252.2155.2193.7114.1125.272.5417.4
Epc. Sore Throat31.941 893.171.320.7114 862 1152.7
Hooping Cough117.12195207.0244.7114.1114.8176.1335.9
Diarrhoea & Cholera31.973.11449203.993.341.793.2325.7
Fever10.683.6124.2101.941.541.7155.4132.3

TABLE IV.

New Cases of Disease coming under Treatment during the Year ending Saturday the 1st day of January, 1859, at the following Institutions:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Hollow ay Dispensary.Pentonville Convict Prison.Total.London Fever Hospital.Small Pox Hospital.
Small Pox....3710..472358*
Chicken Pox....4513..5821
Measles....34884..43246
Scarlatina..1414017..171111..
Hooping Cough1..246166..4134..
Croup....81..9....
Diarrhœa4316043216210315..
Dysentery....1812..301..
Cholera....34..7....
Ague2..2423..4910..
Continued Fever1..67103..171202..
Puerperal Fever....13..4....
Rheumatic Fever12..4334..894..
Erysipelas6..822451174..
Diphtheria....62..8....
Pyaemia................
Bronchitis and Catarrh14412140782343341025..
Pneumonia2..4045..87301
Pleurisy....268..342..
Delirium Tremens5..81..141..
Insanity16..3712561..
Carbuncle2..152..191..
All other Diseases5721055726367049910,5721122
Total8061219664532691116,628521368

* Thirty-two of these from Islington.