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relief at the Dispensary in Mount-street. There were
2 cases of chicken-pox, 7 of measles, 29 of scarlet fever,
3 of whooping-cough, 33 of continued fever, and 1 of
diphtherite. The scarlet fever began in Grosvenor-mews
in the middle of August, it soon spread to Shepherd'smarket,
John's-court, Hertford-place, and Hanover-place.
It must be added that several of the 33 cases entered as
continued fever were ill-developed cases of scarlet fever,
and that there has been an unusual prevalence of sore
throat, which doubtless was a lesser effect of the same
poison.
In the Belgrave Sub-District 6,801 persons were
treated by the Parochial Surgeons, and at St. George's
Hospital, the Royal Pimlico Dispensary, the St. Paul's
and St. Barnabas' Dispensary, and at the Workhouse
Little Chelsea.
Of these 3,609 were patients at St. George's Hospital,
leaving a remainder of 3,192, a large proportion of
whom are supposed to be inhabitants of the Parish.
We find that the total number included 14 cases of
scarlet fever, 3 of cholera, 10 of chicken-pox, 35 of
measles, 13 of whooping-cough, 833 of diarrhoea, 1 of
dysentery, 43 of continued fever, 31 of rheumatic fever,
1 of diphtheria, 16 of erysipelas, 2 of carbuncle, and 1 of
small-pox.
There were 198 cases of bronchitis, 9 of pleurisy, and
9 of pneumonia.
We have the honour to be,
Your faithful Servants,
C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
R. Dbuitt.