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28
REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION OF SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOR MAY, 1859.
No. XXVI.
Judging from the registered mortality during the last four weeks, the
month of May has been more healthy than any previous May during
my period of office. The number of deaths returned was 162, being
20 less than last month. In 1856, the registered mortality was 175; in
1857, 173; and last year, 163. The improvement can, however, only be
fully estimated by recollecting to what extent the population of Islington
has increased during the last three years. The deaths from zymotic
diseaes have been below the average also; the only important malady
which has been fatal above the mean of the three previous years is
scarlet fever. Although small-pox still prevails in the metropolis, there
have only been two deaths from this disease in Islington (exclusive of
the Small-Pox Hospital). With the means of prevention that Vaccination
affords, even these deaths ought not to have occurred.
The table of sickness in the various public establishments for the treatment
of the poor, &c., from which I obtain returns, calls for little special
remark. The only acute diseases which have been more frequently met
with than in April are measles and chicken-pox.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
42, Myddelton Square,
June 3rd, 1859.