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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION OF SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOR NOVEMEER, 1859.
No. XXXII.
The registered mortality has this month been as large as it was in November
last year, viz.: 232. Scarlet fever, which last month occasioned the death of
27 persons, principally in the western half of the parish, has spread into the
eastern division and has been fatal to 38 individuals. In some instances it
has carried off two or three children out of a family: one case is stated to
have been complicated with diphtheria. In the first week of the month, 11
deaths from scarlet fever were registered, in the second 14, in the third 7, and
in the fourth 6. The fatal cases have, with but few exceptions, occurred in the
families of artizans or labouring men residing in streets or courts, the houses
of which are mostly let in single rooms, or pairs of rooms. In November last
year the deaths from scarlet fever were 2.9.
Another important feature in the morality table is the registration of five
deaths from small-pox: two of them occurred in one house. The following
are the particulars:
On November 2nd, at 13, Newhall Street, the daughter of a Paper-hanger, aged 1 year,
Small pox; duration, 16 days. Slated to have been vaccinated, but not taken for inspection.
On November 21st, at 13, Newhall Street, the son of a Lock-filer, aged 1 year. Small-pox;
duration, 4 days. Not vaccinated.
On November 5tb, at 28, Brunswick Road, son of a Bootmaker, aged 5 months, Small-pox ;
duration, 21 days. Not vaccinated.
On November 17th, at Small-pox Hospital, from 15, Frederick Place, Goswell Road, a
female, aged 30 years, Small-pox, duration, 21 days. Not vaccinated.
On November 20th, at 30, Brunswick Road, son of a Carpenter, aged 4 years. Not known
if vaccinated or not.
By the " Public Health Act, 1858," the Board of Trustees, as the guardians
of the poor in Islington, are constituted the official prosecutors in any legal
proceedings against parents for neglecting the vaccination of their children,
under the compulsory Vaccination Act of 1853. I believe much public good