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This shows our Birth rate to be above the average of the
whole of London for both years, and is one of the proofs
that the estimate of 113,000 is not too high for our population
in 1864.
PAUPER ILLNESS.
The return for the Workhouse comprises all the new cases
that have occurred in that establishment during the year;
but, with respect to the Districts, I have prepared a return
for the last quarter of the year only, as additional Medical
Officers have been appointed, and various alterations have
been made in the Districts assigned to them. As it was at
Michaelmas that the appointments referred to were made,
I thought it desirable to furnish a return for the last
quarter only, to avoid the risk of confusion between the old
and new Districts.
QUEEN ADELAIDE'S DISPENSARY.
The following is the Medical Report of the Charity for
the year ending December 31st, 1864:—
Patients have been admitted, who have had Advice and
Medicine Gratis, at the Dispensary, or at their own
Homes 2072
Have been Visited at their own Homes 396
Were so Visited during the last week of the year 1864 36
Have been Discharged Cured, or have not returned their
Letters 1636
Ditto Relieved 648
Have Died 58
Were under Medical Treatment on December 31st, 1864 979