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721; and in the Sick Wards of the Workhouse, Mountstreet,
180, of whom 45 were tramps; total, 1,136. Besides
these, a variable number of casual applicants are
relieved, if complaining of diarrhœa, catarrh, and other
maladies, but no note is taken of them unless they require
further attendance.
Amongst these cases, the unusual proportion 295 were of
bronchitis and other diseases of the lungs.
Two patients with small-pox were entered in the above
books, besides two others sent to the Small-pox Hospital,
viz.:—
April 9, John Dyer, aged three, 30, George-street, not
vaccinated; sent to the Small-pox Hospital.
April 23, T. Dyer, aged 30, father of the above, vaccinated;
sent to the Small-pox Hospital, but sent back for
want of room and treated in the Sick Wards, Mount-street.
These people came from Chelsea, where the children were
born. Two elder children were also unvaccinated, and, as
they attended no school, this was not detected. They were
vaccinated by Mr. Jay after the outbreak of small-pox in
the family, and escaped it.
June 16, W. Smith, eighteen, 71, Grosvenor-mews; sent
to the Small-pox Hospital.
June 18, W. Harris, 25, vaccinated; also sent to the
Small-pox Hospital.
There were 1 case of chicken-pox, 34 of measles (which
this year, as last, began with the warm weather), none of
scarlet fever, 30 of whooping-cough, 22 of diarrhœa, 1 of
ague, 5 of "fever," 2 erysipelas, 6 delirium tremens, 1
diphtheria (at 9, Robert-street), 2 pleurisy, and 6 pneumonia.
There were sent to the Fever Hospital:—
April 18, Elizabeth Starbrook, a tramp from the Workhouse;
died,