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DIPHTHERIA.
Three hundred and sixty-five cases of diphtheria were
notified, against 172, 368, and 268, in the preceding three
years; viz., 237 in North Kensington, and 128 in South
Kensington. The deaths registered were 89 (equal to 24.4 per
cent, on cases), and 34 above the corrected decennial average
(54.9); 74 in the Town sub-district and 15 in Brompton.
Fifty-one deaths took place in hospitals to which 254 cases
were removed. The case-mortality in hospital cases was 20.1
percent., and in home-treated cases 34.2 per cent. In 1894 the
case-mortality was practically equal in home and in hospitaltreated
cases (viz., 28.3 and 27.7 per cent, respectively). It
will be interesting to learn whether the diminished casemortality
in hospital-treated cases in 1895 was consequent on
the antitoxin treatment. The deaths from diphtheria in the
preceding three years successively, were 31, 83, and 75.
The deaths in London from diphtheria were 2,316, (590 above
the corrected decennial average, 1,726), compared with 1,885,
3,265, and 2,670 in the years 1892, 1893, and 1894, respectively.
The corrected notifications were 10,772 in number.