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been 14 such cases, or 1.2 pbr cent., as against 33, or 3.2 per
cent. in the preceding year. As regards the cases admitted
with diphtheria, the females outnumbered the males at any
age-period above five years, being nearly double at all ages
above five taken together. The mortality amongst males was
14 per cent, higher than in the female sex. The case-mortality
was 49.3 per cent. under five years; 37.7 between 5 and 10
years, and 8'2 at ages above 10. Paralytic sequelae supervened
in 26 per cent, of the completed cases. Sixty-seven cases of
mistaken diagnosis were admitted, constituting 6.7 percent, of
the total admissions: 27 had tonsillitis and 11 had pulmonary
affections. Ten of these cases died.
The number of Kensington cases admitted was 262, viz.:
scarlet fever, 204; diphtheria, 24: enteric fever, 18, and "other
diseases" 16. The deaths were28, Two Kensington cases
of scarlet fever and five of diphtheria were admitted to the
North,-Western Hospital at Hampstead. One of the patients
died.
The admissions from the other Parishes and Unions in
the West District allocated to the hospital were : Fulham
Union, -">02 (in addition to 11 removed to other hospitals);
Paddington, 14 (in addition to 207 removed to other hospitals);
Chelsea, 78 (in addition to ">l removed to other hospitats);
St. George's Union, 201 (in addition-to 28 removed to the
South Western Hospital); and Westminster, 67 (in addition
to 4 removed to other hospitals). In addition to the 024
patients admitted from the Parishes and Unions in the West
District, 127 were admitted from the North, Central, and
South Districts, including 6.1, 28 and 18 from St. Giles, the
Strand, and the Wandsworth Unions respectively. Per contra
308 patients from the Parishes and Unions in the West District
(including 207 from Paddington) were admitted into other
hospitals, viz. 270 to the North Western, 34 to the South
Western and 4 to the South Kastern.