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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1889

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

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Table: TABLE No. V.The following table gives the number of cases of infectious disease notified under the "Infectious Disease (Notification) Act," which came into operation on the 1st November, 1889.

TABLE No. V.

The following table gives the number of cases of infectious disease notified under the "Infectious Disease (Notification) Act," which came into operation on the 1st November, 1889.

1889.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever).Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total each Month.
November...14627258...3224......271
December110134916...31...3......195
1890.
January...712298...17...1......128
February...691918....1611......115
March...6619110...184.........118
Totals145312122100...11479......827