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41
REPORT
ON THE
SANITARY CONDITION OF SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOE MAY, 1860.
No. XXXVIII.
Two hundred and eight deaths of residents in Islington were registered
during the four weeks ending May 26th, a considerable reduction upon the
mortality of April, but still 41 above the uncorrected mean of the previous
four years, viz. 167. Ninety-three deaths were registered under five years of
age, and fifteen over eighty years.
Measles and diseases of the respiratory organs are the chief of those which
were fatal above the average. The deaths from the latter cause, however,
have been abating under the influence of milder weather. There have been
seven deaths from scarlet fever and three from small-pox, viz.:
On April 30th, at 4, Elder Walk, the son of a Builder's Labourer, aged seven months,
duration 14 days. Unvaccinated.
On May 12th, at 11, Graham Terrace, the daughter of a Porter, aged one year, duration 14
days. Unvaccinated.
On May 25th, at Small-pox Hospital, from 36, Linton Street, a married woman, aged 22
years, duration 6 days. Unvaccinated.
The weekly deaths from measles have been 2, 2, 3, 8. There have been six
deaths from diphtheria, four of which were registered in the first week of the
month. One of them occurred at 6, Phoenix Cottages, a house in which three
deaths have taken place within as many weeks, the other two being of children
from measles and putrid sore-throat. The house has been visited.