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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOR FEBRUARY, 1867.
No. CXVIII.
The mortality of the parish during the month of February has again
been below the average. The number of deaths of residents which
were registered is 314, while the corrected mean of the corresponding
period for ten years is 334.
Small-Pox has continued to prevail extensively, more so even than
in the month of January. An outbreak in some gipsies' tents in
Upper Holloway, gave us some trouble at the close of last month; but,
at last, the father of the family being attacked, they were all got away
into the Small-Pox Hospital, but not before much alarm had occurred
in the neighbourhood, and the Sanitary Act had been put in operation.
A serious outbreak of Typhus has also occurred in the Irish Courts,
which has been traced to the removal of the body of a Typhus patient
from the Hospital to Swan-yard, where a wake was held; several of
those attending it being seized with the disease and spreading it in
their own houses.
Diarrhœal affections do not appear to be more prevalent then usual,
but there is every reason, in face of the fact that Cholera has been
lingering about England during the winter, and is now prevalent in
the Island of Jersey, to push forward all requisite sanitary works.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
March 4th, 1867.