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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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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 |