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 V.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SICKNESS AMONG PAUPER PATIENTS DURING 1857 & 1858.

Total.Per cent. of all Cases.
1857.1858.1857.1858.
New Cases943210591
Small Pox23370.240.34
Chicken Pox35450.370.42
Measles1383481.463.28
Scarlatina611540.641.45
Hooping Cough1892472.02.33
Croup58....
Thrush1039....
Diarrhœa107864811.461
Dysentery618....
Cholera23....
Purpura, Scurvy23....
Ague926....
Remittent Fever20....
Infantile Fever2718....
Continued Fever118691.250.65
Puerperal Fever01....
Rheumatic Fever99551.490.51
Erysipelas54880.570.83
Syphilis70550.740.51
Noma (Canker)54....
Total of Zymotic Diseases1933186620.4917.6
Diseases of Respiratory Organs1997235321.1722.2
Phthisis1031201.091.13
Carbuncles and Boils44670.460.63
Chronic and Local Rheumatism2993753.173.54
Other Diseases4668536849.495.0
Accidents and Injuries3884424.114.17