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as compared with 897, 865, and 1,029, in the three preceding Fourweekly
periods. The notifications of cases were 969,as compared
with 1,022, 936, and 1,133, in the three preceding four-weekly
periods.
Diphtheria. — Seven cases of diphtheria were recorded (5 in
North Kensington and 2 in South Kensington), all of which were
removed to hospital. There was one death from this cause (in
hospital) of a North Kensington person, as compared with 2, 4, and
1, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. In the Metropolis,
as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 59 (and 150 below the
corrected average), as compared with 45, 48, and 47, in the three
preceding four-weekly periods. There were 782 cases in the Asylums
Board Hospitals on the 7th instant, as compared with 810,665, and
700, on August 15th, September 12th, and October lOth; and 484
cases were admitted in the four weeks, as compared with 457, 387,
and 481, in the three preceding four-weekly periods. The notifications
of cases were 596, as compared with 550, 462, and 588, in the
three preceding four-weekly periods.
Small-pox.- Forty-five cases of small-pox were notified in London
(1, 24, 14, and 6, in the successive weeks), as compared with 14, 11,
10,39,56,55, 50, 34, 40, and 14 in the ten preceding four-weekly
periods. The contributory boroughs are shown in the table at page
183. No death was registered during the four weeks. The total
deaths from this cause during the 44 weeks of the current year to
November 7th, were 10, the notifications of cases, 368. On the 7th
instant there were 43 cases in hospital, compared with 17 on October
10th.
3.—Deaths in Public Institutions.- Thirty-eight deaths of
parishioners were registered at the Borough Infirmary, and 26 at
out-lying public institutions, etc.
4.—Deaths of Non-Parishioners. — There were 56 deaths in the
Borough of persons who were not parishioners; viz., 3 at the
Brompton Consumption Hospital, 45 at the St. Marylebone Infirmary,
Notting Hill; 7 at St. Luke's House, Pembridge-square, and one at
the Jubilee Hospital. These eases are excluded from our statistics.
5. — Notifications of Infectious Disease in the Metropolis. —
I append (page 183) 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 Hoard, as the Act
directs), 2328 in number; including small-pox, 45, scarlet fever,