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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

St Mary (Islington) 1891

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

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Table: Table No. VII.The following table gives the number of cases of infectious disease notified under the " Infectious Disease(Notification) Act," during the year ending 2nd January, 1892.

Table No. VII.

The following table gives the number of cases of infectious disease notified under the " Infectious Disease

(Notification) Act," during the year ending 2nd January, 1892.

District.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever).Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total.Cases notified per 1,000 of Population.
Upper Holloway...2293072062...1431011...*7732.4
Lower Holloway110843226...2492......2150.6
Highbury...100112533...437.........3000.9
Thornhill...5938331...3113......1660.5
Barnsbury...60451151292.........1530.4
St. Mary's...294418...131.........960.3
Canonbury...485535...23............1340.4
St. Peter's...1087410111473.........2540.7
Totals17417184519123533361...2,0916.5
This number includes 52 cases in the Holborn Infirmary (non-residents in the Parish).