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The greatest number of admissions took place in
the first and last quarters, the latter, as is usual, being
the heavier.
The most prevalent disease was scarlet fever, of
which 504 cases were admitted, a relatively large
number as compared with the 175 cases of diphtheria.
As regards the latter disease it is several years since
the diphtheria wards were for so long a time so lightly
taxed. In 1903, another cold and wet year, there
was also a very low number of diphtheria cases
admitted.
Kingsbury Hospital Avas opened on November
2nd and closed on January 11th of this year.
The advantage of having Kingsbury to fall back
upon has been felt more and more each year, but at no
time so much as last November when both hospitals
were full. Fortunately a decided fall in the number
of admissions took place early in December, otherwise
there would have been no alternative but to build
temporary additions to this hospital for the accommodation
of patients.
I think it should be clearly understood that, in
spite of the fact that there is this second hospital