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higher in the female sex. Sixty-four per cent. of the deaths
occurred in children under five. Paralysis supervened in 15'2
per cent. of the cases. Of 28 cases certified as scarlet fever,
16 had Rotheln, and nine Measles. Of 49 cases certified as
diphtheria, 43 had tonsillitis. Error in diagnosis therefore,
occurred in 16.5 per cent. of 296 cases sent in as diphtheria.
Sixty-seven officers were warded for illness, including 26
suffering from infectious disease, viz. 16 from scarlet fever, 6
from diphtheria, 3 from enteric fever, and 2 from measles. All
recovered. Owing to the scarlet fever epidemic, it was found
necessary, in July, to erect six temporary wooden huts on
land adjoining the original site. The accommodation of the
hospital was thus increased by 158 beds. The new
Administrative Buildings were completed during the spring.
The number of Kensington cases admitted was 401, viz.:
scarlet fever, 337; diphtheria, 38; enteric fever, 3; typhus
fever, 3, and "other diseases" 20: the deaths were 33:
123 scarlet fever cases, 21 of diphtheria, and 2 of enteric fever,
were admitted to other hospitals. Three of these patients died.
The admissions from other Parishes and Unions in the
West District, usually allocated to the hospital, were : Fulham
Union, 658 (in addition to 118 removed to other hospitals) ;
Paddington 110 (in addition to 280 removed to other
hospitals) ; Chelsea, 175 (in addition to 135 removed to other
hospitals); St. George's Union, 292 (in addition to 306 removed
to other hospitals); and Westminster, 37 (in addition to 78 removed
to other hospitals). In addition to 1673 patients admitted
from Parishes and Unions in the West District,
614 were admitted from the North, Central, and South
Districts, including 41, 50 and 128 from St. Giles, the Strand,
and the Wandsworth Unions respectively. Per contra, 1054
patients from the Parishes and Unions in the West District
(including 289 from Paddington), were admitted into other
hospitals, viz. 254 to the North Western, 16 to the Southwestern,
1 to the Eastern, and 9 to the North-Eastern.