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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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
Nov. | Total Sickness. | Total Deaths. | Diarrhœa.* | Dysentery. | Cholera. | Bowel Complaints. Total. | ||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||
1 | - | |||||||||
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* Including " Choleraic Diarrhoea."