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Diphtheria.—Thirteen cases of diphtheria were recorded (7 in
North Kensington and 6 in South Kensington), all of which were
removed to hospital. There were 3 deaths from this cause (all in
hospital, and of North Kensington persons), as compared with 3, 0,
and 1, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. In the Metropolis,
as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 83 (and 78 below the
corrected average), as compared with 94, 64, and 79, in the three
preceding four-weekly periods. There were 900 cases in the Asylums
Board Hospitals on March 28th, as compared with 939, 942, and
1,037, on January 3rd, January 31st, and February 28th ; and 497
cases were admitted in the four weeks, as compared with 825, 527,
and 614, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. The notifications
of cases were 641, as compared with 710, 662, and 735, in the
three preceding four-weekly periods.
Small-pox.—Ten cases of small-pox were notified in London (3,
1, 2 and 4, in the successive weeks), as compared with 10, 14, and
11, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. The contributory
boroughs are shown in the table at page 52. Two deaths were
registered from this cause (one in hospital), as compared with 0, 2,
and 1, in the three preceding four-weekly periods: both belonged to
the Borough of Stepney.
3. —Deaths in Public Institutions.—Thirty-nine deaths of
parishioners were registered at the Borough Infirmary, and 34 at
out-lying public institutions, etc.
4. —Deaths of Non-Parishioners.—There were 44 deaths in the
Borough, of persons who were not parishioners; viz., 4 at the Brompton
Consumption Hospital, 38 at the St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting
Hill, and two at St. Joseph's House, Notting Hill. These cases are
excluded from our statistics.
5. —Notifications of Infectious Disease in the Metropolis.—
I append (page 52) a summary of the cases of infectious disease
notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health (and
by them reported to the Metropolitan Asylums Board, as the Act
directs), 2,093 in number; including small-pox, 10, scarlet fever,
990, diphtheria and membranous croup, 657, and enteric fever, 107.
The cases notified in the three preceding four-weekly periods were
3,321, 2,743, and 2,191, respectively.