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them reeovered. Twelve women died from one or
other of the diseases or accidents incidental to or
associated with childbirth; two of these had heart
disease, one Phthisis and another Pneumonia. Three
women had Placenta Prævia with hœmorrhage
before the birth of the child and two hœmorrhage
afterwards. One woman had rupture of the uterus,
one convulsions and two died from exhaustion—one
of them after a miscarriage.
ERYSIPELAS.
The actual certificates received numbered 221, but
fifty-seven of them were duplicates. This large
number is accounted for by the fact that many of the
sufferers were removed to the Infirmary on the certificate
of the district medical officer and re-certified by
the medical superintendent. Erysipelas cases are not
accepted by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Hospitals, and general hospitals object to receive
them on account of their infectivity to operation cases
or open wounds. Seven of the 164 Erysipelas cases died
in the Infirmary, two in the London Hospital, and
one at home.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The various forms of disease associated with the
presence of the tubercle bacillus caused 272 deaths,
over twelve (12.38) per cent. of the total mortality
from all causes and equal to a rate of 2.07 per
thousand population at all ages.