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Islington 1866

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

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wife of the deceased, who could not believe that her husband had died
of cholera, and refused to allow the destruction of the soiled bedding.
In the evening of the same day she was herself attacked, and died in
24 hours. This time we were permitted to take away and destroy all
the infected articles, and no further case occurred in the house.
The general amount of sickness has been on the whole greater than
usual, and diarrhœal affections have been more prevalent than is customary
in the month of November. The cases of small-pox recorded
are more than twice as numerous as they were in October.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
December ??? 1866

TABLE A.

Shewing the Number of Cases of disease generally, and of Bowel Complaints particularly, recordedinthe corresponding month for the last six years; and also the total of the deaths from all causes, and

from Bowel Complaints.

Nov.Total Sickness.Total Deaths.Diarrhœa.*Dysentery.Cholera.Bowel Complaints. Total.
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
1866250633312451-221277
186523722776872707
18642286308406-1407
18632511290553-553
1862251928286821889
186122172156934— .1734
18602004. 2266782698

* Including " Choleraic Diarrhoea."