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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 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE V.COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SICKNESS AMONG PAUPER PATIENTS DURING 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860.

TABLE V.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SICKNESS AMONG PAUPER PATIENTS DURING 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860.

Total.Per cent, of all Cases.
1857.1858.1859.1860.1857.1858.1859.1860.
New Cases9432105911192310348
Small Pox2337581110.240.340.481.07
Chicken Pox354572590.370.420.60.57
Measles1383482383861.463.281.993.73
Scarlatina611543111240.641.452.61.19
Hooping Cough1892472081572.02.331.741.51
Croup58810........
Thrash10393931........
Diarrhœa1078648102649011.46.18.64.73
Dysentery6182518........
Cholera2371........
Mumpsnot Specially euumerated.256........
Purpura, Scurvy2352........
Ague9261622........
Diphtherianot Specially enumerated112....1.991.76
Sore Throatnot specially enumerated227181
Typhus and Infantile Fever14587124641.50.81.040.61
Metria0102........
Rheumatic Fever995580451.490.510.670.43
Erysipelas548892860.570.830.770.83
Syphilis705549390.740.510.410.37
Noma5466..... ...
Total of Zymotic Diseases193318662627184220.4917.622.017.8
Diseases of Respiratory Organs199723532119275321.1722.217.726.6
Phithisis1031201331111.091.131.111.07
Carbuncles and Boils446749390.460.630.410.37
Chronic & Local Rheumatism2993755175163.173.544.334.92
Other Diseases466853686013470549.4950.650.445.4
Accidents and Injuries3884424653824.114.173.93.69