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QUEEN ADELAIDE'S DISPENSARY.
The Medical Report of the Charity gives the following results:—
New Patients admitted who have had advice and medicine
gratis at the Dispensary, or at their own homes 3°58
Visited at their own homes 942
Discharged cured 1193
Ditto relieved 1150
Have died 54
The total number of Patients' tickets issued to Governors from the
4th of March, 1850, to the 31st of December, 1877, has amounted to
76,924, of which 67,068 have during the existence of the Charity
been presented at the Dispensary.
PAUPER ILLNESS.
The following is the number of new cases attended during the year
by the District Medical Officers:—
District.
March 31.
June 30.
Sept. 30.
Dec. 31.
Mr. Massingham
No. 1
183
155
129
130
Dr. Welch
No. 2
220
235
211
206
Dr. Richards
No. 3
127
102
73
96
Mr. Defriez
No. 4
101
118
112
10
Dr. Burgess
No. 5
103
90
71
76
Mr. Owen
No. 0
170
167
105
111
904
867
701
719.
REGISTRATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
As the result of some correspondence between Dr. Dudfield, the
Medical Officer of Health for Kensington, and the School Board for
London, instructions have been sent to all the Superintendents of
Visitors to exchange confidential communications upon the subject
of cases of infectious diseases with the Medical Officers of Health
of their respective districts.
The following form of certificate (as recommended by Dr. Dudfield)
was accordingly prepared and placed in the hands of W. Hetherington,
Esq., the Superintendent for the Hackney Division.