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Islington 1866

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

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1866, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers. .Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox41277419..332
Chicken Pox..751536..117
Measles1..445302146..894
Scarlatina171378948..282
Whooping Cough1633829668..709
Croup....17151..33
Diarrhœa72..38216651511394848
Dysentery....495..18
Cholera....1015....106
Ague....762116
continued Fever54..14111931..353
Influenza....3......3
Puerperal Fever4..11....6
Rheumatic Fever24..2463461158
Erysipelas14..842715..140
Diphtheria....6231..30
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis2..1901571111461
Mumps..1102....13
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh2004298113925833675527
Pneumonia31563527..122
Pleurisy1..381925184
Delirium Tremens9..75....21
Insanity42..441..188
Carbuncle1..9411126
All other Deseases700152606761976178174921043
Total11331871485995267464226135430