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Islington 1871

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

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Table: TABLE 11.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIFTY TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1871, A1 THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE 11.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIFTY TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1871, A1 THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary*Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Fox..131082146170181429
Chicken Fox..41674116..210
Measles....41683841494
Scarlatina....546977..200
Whooping Cough....81165242..492
Croup....31420..37
Diarrhoea....1286295073201584
Dysentery....4820..32
Cholera....••22• •4
Ague....442212
Continued Fever....29176217• •423
Influenza....• •••..<.• •
Puerperal Fever....1••• •..1
Rheumatic Fever..91128• •48
Erysipelas....4142574144
Diphtheria..• •459..18
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....7920939826714
Mumps..• •4136..41
Pysæmia..• •••••••• •••
Bronchitis and Catarrh....1027195525594706025
Pneumonia• •..155786• •158
Pleurisy• •• •167399• •188
Delirium Tremens• •• •221• •5
Insanity..* •3322..37
Carbuncle..• •2727137
All other Diseases..318247867758941141219924
Total..356*5153104941400022543-257

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• This number represents only six months sickness with the exception of Small Pox (1082), which represents the
number of new cases occurring during the twelve month*