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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TABLE IV.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30 TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1865, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS, WITH THE TOTALS FOR EACH YEAR FROM 1860 ONWARDS.
1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1863.* | 1864. | Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
142 | 27 | 80 | 509 | 86 | Small Fox | 3 | 11 | 163 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 222 |
96 | 92 | 86 | 83 | 89 | Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 55 | 21 | 4 | .. | 80 |
672 | 289 | 740 | 410 | 719 | Measles | 5 | 5 | 149 | 44 | 14 | .. | 217 |
253 | 281 | 321 | 672 | 293 | Scarlatina | .. | .. | 192 | 106 | 40 | .. | 338 |
304 | 529 | 304 | 579 | 314 | Whooping Cough | 2 | 6 | 340 | 197 | 97 | .. | 642 |
14 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 45 | Croup | .. | .. | 8 | 12 | 1 | .. | 21 |
878 | 1641 | 1137 | 1549 | 1367 | Diarrhœa | 30 | 1 | 784 | 472 | 172 | 52 | 1511 |
26 | 65 | 31 | 7 | 11 | Dysentery | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | 12 |
1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
58 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | Ague | 1 | .. | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | 14 |
152 | 284 | 348 | 363 | 261 | Continued Fever | 11 | .. | 104 | 153 | 27 | .. | 295 |
2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 |
77 | 112 | 99 | 119 | 89 | Rheumatic Fever | 19 | .. | 19 | 65 | 34 | 1 | 138 |
128 | 150 | 167 | 164 | 142 | Erysipelas | 7 | .. | 81 | 47 | 19 | .. | 154 |
8 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 16 | Diphtheria | .. | .. | 6 | 13 | 7 | .. | 25 |
376 | 507 | 536 | 741 | 569 | Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | 1 | .. | 202 | 214 | 118 | 7 | 542 |
Not specially noted. | 13 | 6 | Mumps | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
.. | 1 | Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
4521 | 3968 | 4660 | 5157 | 4703 | Bronchitis and Catarrh | 156 | 4 | 2411 | 1080 | 642 | 314 | 4607 |
110 | 61 | 54 | 100 | 116 | Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 36 | 30 | 35 | .. | 105 |
34 | 57 | 44 | 76 | 83 | Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 58 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 107 |
14 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 17 | Delirium Tremens | 15 | .. | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 32 |
61 | 61 | 72 | 72 | 83 | Insanity | 42 | .. | 71 | 3 | .. | 3 | 119 |
16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | Carbuncle | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | .. | 6 | 20 |
17257 | 19807 | 20192 | 21716 | 19778 | All other Diseases | 486 | 124 | 5740 | 6126 | 5920 | 1480 | 19876 |
25100 | 28000 | 29011 | 32426 | 28816 | Total | 783 | 141 | 10469 | 8670 | 7174 | 1861 | 29098 |
* Includes fifty-three weeks. No correction is made for this,