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1 each with pleurisy and pneumonia, and 2 with rheumatism.
Of zymotic diseases, 2 were affected with chickenpox,
1 with measles, 14 with scarlatina, 16 with whoopingcough,
13 with diarrhoea, and 17 with continued fever.
In the Belgrave Sub-district 7,086 persons were
treated by the Parochial Surgeons, and at St. George's
Hospital, the Royal Pimlico Dispensary, the St. Paul
and St. Barnabas' Dispensary, and at the Workhouse,
Little Chelsea.
Of these, 3,560 were patients at St. George's Hospital,
leaving a remainder of 3,526, who were treated at
the other Institutions specified.
We find the total number included 11 cases of chickenpox,
4 of measles, 26 of scarlet fever, 94 of whoopingcough,
4 of croup, 73 of diarrhoea, 7 of dysentery, 49 of
continued fever, 40 of rheumatic fever, 9 of erysipelas, 5
of diphtheria, and 3 of ague.
There were 780 cases of bronchitis, 10 of pleurisy,
and 42 of pneumonia.
C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
R. Druitt.