Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Cases | 9432 | 10591 | ||
Small Pox | 23 | 37 | 0.24 | 0.34 |
Chicken Pox | 35 | 45 | 0.37 | 0.42 |
Measles | 138 | 348 | 1.46 | 3.28 |
Scarlatina | 61 | 154 | 0.64 | 1.45 |
Hooping Cough | 189 | 247 | 2.0 | 2.33 |
Croup | 5 | 8 | .. | .. |
Thrush | 10 | 39 | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 1078 | 648 | 11.4 | 61 |
Dysentery | 6 | 18 | .. | .. |
Cholera | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
Purpura, Scurvy | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
Ague | 9 | 26 | .. | .. |
Remittent Fever | 2 | 0 | .. | .. |
Infantile Fever | 27 | 18 | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 118 | 69 | 1.25 | 0.65 |
Puerperal Fever | 0 | 1 | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | 99 | 55 | 1.49 | 0.51 |
Erysipelas | 54 | 88 | 0.57 | 0.83 |
Syphilis | 70 | 55 | 0.74 | 0.51 |
Noma (Canker) | 5 | 4 | .. | .. |
Total of Zymotic Diseases | 1933 | 1866 | 20.49 | 17.6 |
Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1997 | 2353 | 21.17 | 22.2 |
Phthisis | 103 | 120 | 1.09 | 1.13 |
Carbuncles and Boils | 44 | 67 | 0.46 | 0.63 |
Chronic and Local Rheumatism | 299 | 375 | 3.17 | 3.54 |
Other Diseases | 4668 | 5368 | 49.49 | 5.0 |
Accidents and Injuries | 388 | 442 | 4.11 | 4.17 |