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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1859, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN ISLINGTON.
| Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out-patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Pentonville Prison. | London Fever Hospital. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 |
| Chicken pox | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Measles | .. | 2 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 13 |
| Scarlatina | .. | .. | 28 | 24 | .. | 22 | 74 |
| Hooping Cough | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | .. | .. | 16 |
| Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | 25 | 15 | 6 | .. | 48 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | 16 | 6 | .. | 13* | 35 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | 12 | 2 | .. | 1 | 15 |
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 18 | 5 | .. | 3 | 26 |
| Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 18 | .. | 256 | 77 | 28 | .. | 379 |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Insanity | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| All other diseases | 45 | 4 | 458 | 270 | 54 | 4 | 835 |
| Total | 70 | 6 | 863 | 419 | 88 | 46 | 1492 |
*All "Typhoid."