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The number of cases under treatment at one time in the
Hospital was greater in 1886, and especially in 1887, than in 1882,
and the number of houses infected in the two first-named years,
viz.:—in 1886 and in 1887 was greater than in 1882 within both
the quarter and half-mile radii, but the number of houses infected
within these radii was about 30 per cent. fewer in 1887
than in 1886, although the number of cases treated in the Hospital
was much larger in 1887 than in 1886. Of course it is
possible that the outbreak in these streets in 1886 used up most of
those who were liable to the disease, leaving but a comparatively
small number capable of infection in 1887. It is evident, however,
that the inquiry must be extended over a longer period in
this and in other districts before a definite conclusion can be arrived
at. It also shows that the cases should as far as possible
be equally distributed over all the Metropolitan Asylums Board's
Hospitals, instead of being concentrated to a great extent in one.
A discussion of other points connected with the disease will be
found further on.
The number of cases removed from the districts and
parishes in the north side of London to the various Asylums
Board's Hospitals during the year 1887, varied very greatly,
the largest numbers having been removed from Holborn,
Islington, and Hackney. The numbers are as follows: from
Holborn, 387; from Islington, 304; from Hackney, 289
from Shoreditch, 223 ; from Bethnal Green, 198 ; from Whitechapel,
149; from Poplar, 111 ; from Mile End Old Town, 105;
and from the other parishes, less than 100 cases. There were
3 small-pox cases removed from Hackney, 5 from Poplar, 2 from
St. Greorge's-in-the-East, and 1 from Bethnal Green. The other
oases were of Scarlet or Enteric Fever.