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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 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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of the month might have been expected to be greater) it has been only 25,
and this in a quickly-growing population. Fifteen deaths from scarlet fever
have been registered, and 11 from fever. There has been only one death
from diphtheria, against eight in August last year.
The following table is in continuation of those in the two former reports :—
| Mean Temperature. (Greenwich.) | Parish Cases of Diarrhcœ and Cholera. | Deaths from Diarrhcœa and Cholera. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUGUST. | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 |
| 1st Week | 67.6° | 65.2° | 62.4° | 63.8° | 40 | 69 | 29 | 95 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| 2nd,, | 66.1° | 63.7° | 65.4° | 63.9° | 102 | 74 | 26 | 60 | 11 | 11 | 4 | |
| 3rd „ | 66.9° | 65.1° | 63.3° | 63.9° | 101 | 83 | 46 | 64 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| 4th ,, | 57.8° | 66.9° | 59.2° | 66.6° | 81 | 99 | 36 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Total.... | 64.6° | 65.2° | 62.5° | 64.5° | 324 | 325 | 137 | 281 | 45 | 31 | 23 | 25 |
The total number of cases of sickness recorded is one hundred less than
last month.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
September 1st , 1859.