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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NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1859, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.
| Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out-patient Paupers. | Hollo way Dispensary. | Pentonville Prison. | London Fever Hospital. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
| Chicken pox | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Measles | .. | .. | 17 | 31 | .. | .. | 48 |
| Scarlatina | .. | .. | 67 | 44 | .. | 12 | 123 |
| Hooping Cough | .. | .. | 13 | 8 | .. | .. | 21 |
| Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | 14 | 5 | 1 | .. | 22 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ague | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Continued Fever and Infantile Fever | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | 29* | 42 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 |
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 27 | 18 | .. | 2 | 47 |
| Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 22 | .. | 192 | 54 | 31 | 1 | 310 |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Insanity | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| All other diseases | 41 | 4 | 418 | 249 | 29 | 3 | 744 |
| Total | 74 | 4 | 796 | 419 | 61 | 50 | 1404 |
*All "Typhoid."