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43. The Physicians' cases have not been so numerous as usual,—
a circumstance in correspondence with the general liealthfulness of
the year. The Surgeons' cases have maintained their ordinary ratio;
accidents and injuries requiring surgical treatment being little
influenced by weather. The mortality has been small, namely,
82 this year, against 115 in 1872, and 118 in 1871.
44. The British Lying-In Hospital.—There were 169 women
received into this Hospital daring the year. The births were 172,
among which there were three sets of twins, two of which sets were
all females, and one set, one male and one female. The male births
were 76, and the females 96. Two of the male and one of the female
children died. The causes of death were premature birth in one case,
debility (the child being a twin) in a second, and Peritonitis in a
third. There were seven still births, not registered. Three of the
mothers died, one from accidental hcemorrhage (soon after admission),
one from puerperal fever (Septicaemia), and one from Pleurisy and
Peritonitis. Twenty six of the women confined, belonged to St. Giles
District, in the following proportions, viz., 6 to St. George, Bloomsbury,
19 to St. Giles South, and 6 to St. Giles North. The Hospital was
closed for two months in the autumn, to be cleansed and purified, as
is the ordinary practice.
45. The Infants' Home.—The Medical Attendant of this institution,
Dr. Paramore, has kindly favoured me with the facts contained
in the following statements. Eighty children have been received into
the Home in the usual manner, but several others were brought
there in consequence of illness. The deaths were 12: one from Tabes
Mesenterica, one from Debility and Bronchitis, one from Debility and
Diarrhoea, five others from Debility, two from Pneumonia. The
causes of death in the other two instances were not known to Dr.
Paramore, the children having been attended by other practitioners.
The Sanitary Work of the Year.
46. Each year brings with it, not only its ordinary round of
duties, but generally some exceptional labour, which demands for a
time unusual application on the part of the Inspectors. This year it