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is referred to as deserviug of immediate attention: "it will be
impossible to acquire or retain the services of a superior class
of nurses unless this is undertaken"—as the Board fully intend,
subject to the sanction of the Local Government Board to the
plans already prepared, and upon the compulsory acquisition of
land in extension of the existing site.
From Table III. of the Statistical Committee's Report we
learn that 280 Kensington patients were admitted into the
Western Hospital (besides 7 admitted into other hospitals) in
1889, viz., scarlet fever 172, diphtheria 89, enteric fever 12, other
diseases 7 : the deaths were 59. The total admissions from the
other Parishes and Unions in the West District, allocated to the
hospital, were—Fulham Union 818, Paddington 15 (in addition
to 176 removed to other hospitals), Chelsea 81, St. George's
Union 157, and Westminster 51. A few patients from each of
the parishes, etc., were admitted into other hospitals. In addition,
moreover, to the 902 patients admitted from the Parishes
and Unions in the West District, 190 were admitted from
Parishes and Unions in the other districts, named North,
Central, East and South. Per contra, 223 patients from the
Parishes and Unions in the West District (including the 176
from Paddington) were admitted into other hospitals, viz., 217
at the North-Western (Hampstead) Hospital and 6 at the
South Eastern (Deptford) Hospital.
PAYMENT FOR NON-PAUPER CASES IN HOSPITAL.
The Asylums Board issued a return in May, 1888, of fever
patients admitted to the hospitals, with and without Relieving
Officers' orders, shewing that 40 percent, of the cases within a
specified time had been admitted without orders. Thereupon
a ratepayer expressed his intention of appealing, and he did
appeal to the Auditor to surcharge the cost of the maintenance
of all patients admitted without Relieving Officers' orders.
The Auditor, in due course, had the matter under consideration;