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Shoreditch and Holborn. In the fortnight ended April 25th, of
9 patients admitted 2 were from Lambeth, and of 37 admitted in
the fortnight ended May 9th, 10 were from Lambeth, 6 from
Wandsworth and Clapham, (adjacent parishes), 3 from St. Giles,
2 from Paddington, 6 from Chelsea, and 7 from St. George's,
Hanover Square. The further admissions, and the fall in the
number of cases admitted after the end of June, may be seen in
Tables D and I.
The South-Eastern Hospital (Table E) was the only other
hospital in use in March, at the time of the outbreak at Hackney,
&c. In the two fortnightly periods (January 19th—February 1st,
and February 2nd—15th) Greenwich sent in 5 and 6 cases
respectively. On March 14th, there were 13 cases remaining
under treatment. In the critical fortnight (March 15th—28th),
of 13 cases admitted 8 were from Hackney. In the fortnight,
April 12th—25th, 12 cases were admitted, including 7 from
St. Olave's, 2 from Camberwell, and 1 each from Greenwich and
Woolwich. For later admissions and evidence of decline in July
see Tables E and I.
The North-Western Hospital (Table F) was opened in
May, and, therefore, not until after the critical (March 15th—28th)
period. By May 23rd, 56 cases had been admitted—none of
them from Hampstead : but 13 of them were from the adjacent
parish of St. Pancras, 22 from Islington, 12 from Holborn, and
7 from Marylebone. At this time a few Hampstead cases
were being removed to the Highgate Hospital (in St. Pancras
parish). In the following fortnight, ended June 6th, Hampstead
cases were admitted to the number of 6. For further admissions
and evidence of decline in the number of admissions at and after
the end of June see Tables F and I).
The Western Hospital (Table G) was opened in May,
and, therefore, not until after the critical (March) period. Smallpox
was established in the Borough of Chelsea (in Kensington
especially) before the hospital was opened. The hospital was