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REPORT
ON THE
SANITARY CONDITION OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOR FEBRUARY, 1869.
No. CLXII.
Three hundred and forty-eight deaths of residents in Islington were
registered in the four weeks ending February 27th. The average mortality
of the corresponding period for ten years past was 365, when corrected
for increase of population. The mortality then has been about the
same as that observed in the month of January. The general amount
of public sickness has, however, been much less. The new cases of
sickness recorded amount to 2924 cases against 3201 in January. Not only
has the general sickness been reduced, but the amount of respiratory
disease, with its depressing accompaniment, has been greatly lowered;
since, whereas 1029 cases of such disease and 103 deaths were recorded
in January, only 731 cases and 69 deaths have been recorded in the
Tables appended to this Report. The epidemic of measles is extinguished,
only 16 cases having been noted during the month; and
scarlatina has been stationary at about 20 cases per month.
For several weeks past there has been a good deal of typhoid fever
in the Northern part of the parish; and wherever it has appeared I
have taken measures to obtain a dis-infection of the house drains, and
in addition, carbolic acid dis-infections have been used in the neighbouring
sewers. The unusually high temperature which has prevailed
during December and January has probably favoured the operation
of the specific cause of this disease. Sore throats, or affections so
designated, are still too prevalent.