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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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TABLE V.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SICKNESS AMONG PAUPER PATIENTS DURING 1857, 1858, 1859.
| Total. | Per cent. of all Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857. | 1858. | 1859. | 1857. | 1858. | 1859. | |
| New cases | 9432 | 10591 | 11923 | |||
| Small pox | 23 | 37 | 58 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.48 |
| Chicken Pox | 35 | 45 | 72 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.6 |
| Measles | 138 | 348 | 238 | 1.46 | 3.28 | 1.99 |
| Scarlatina | 61 | 154 | 311 | 0.64 | 1.45 | 2.6 |
| Hooping Cough | 189 | 247 | 208 | 2.0 | 2.33 | 1.74 |
| Croup | 5 | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. |
| Thrush | 10 | 39 | 39 | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 1078 | 648 | 1026 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 8.6 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 18 | 25 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | 2 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
| Mumps | not specially enu merated. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Purpura, Scurvy | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
| Ague | 9 | 26 | 16 | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | not specially enumerated. | 11 | .. | .. | 1.99 | |
| Sore thorat | 227 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Typhus and infantile fever | 145 | 87 | 124 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.04 |
| Metria | 0 | 1 | 0 | .. | .. | .. |
| Rheumatic Fever | 99 | 55 | 80 | 1.49 | 0.51 | 0.67 |
| Erysipleas | 54 | 88 | 92 | 0.57 | 0.83 | 0.77 |
| Syphilis | 70 | 55 | 49 | 0.74 | 0.51 | 0.41 |
| Noma | 5 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 1933* | 1866* | 2627 | 20.49* | 17.6* | 22.0 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1997 | 2353 | 2119 | 21.17 | 22.2 | 17.7 |
| Phthisis | 103 | 120 | 133 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.11 |
| Carbuncles and Boils | 44 | 67 | 49 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.41 |
| Chronic and Local Rheumatism | 299 | 375 | 517 | 3.17 | 3.54 | 4.83 |
| Other Diseases | 4668 | 5368 | 6013 | 49.49 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Accidents and Injuries | 388 | 442 | 465 | 4.11 | 4.17 | 3.9 |
*Exclusive of Mumps, Diphtheria, and Sorethroat.