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Islington 1867

[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 28th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1867, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Fox1112486623..349
Chicken Fox....73603..136
Measles....2208531..336
Scarlatina3..264274100..641
Whooping Cough101012512560..330
Croup....6162..24
Diarrhæa7117235551662011717
Dysentery....7193..29
Cholera....4......4
Ague1..272..12
Continued Fever272768236..223
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....172..10
Rheumatic Fever15..171757..106
Erysipelas9..703528..142
Diphtheria....1112..14
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis611512681143543
Mumps....12......12
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh2458319614958105406294
Pneumonia4..3755351132
Pleurisy3..642623..126
Delirium Tremens6..9..1..16
Insanity59..485....112
Carbuncle..2851..16
All other Diseases759309615070266796232823368
Total122933411512102498295307334692