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were removed to an hospital. A communication "was received from the
London Fever Hospital, which is of such importance that its contents
cannot be too widely known:—
London Fever Hospital,
Liverpool Road, Islington, N.
Dear Sir, I beg to enclose a copy of our new rules as to the admission of patients.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board having made provision for the very poor, this hospital
is now devoted to the reception of a better class of patients, such as assistants in shops,
domestic servants, &c.
It has been decided to charge a fee of two guineas for each case admitted to the wards,
a sum which barely covers one-fourth of the average cost of each case to the hospital.
The fee charged for patients in private rooms (three guineas a week) just covers the
outlay.
The Committee trust that under the present rules the hospital will, to some extent, be
able to meet a want very urgently felt in London.
The hospital has no endowment, and is therefore dependent on voluntary contributions.
The Committee would be grateful to you if you would make known its work and its
necessities.
I remain, Dear Sir, yours faithfully,
M. D. CHALMERS, Eon. Sec.
WHOOPING COUGH.
(Decennial average, 124.4).
This disease was very fatal, and, as in the previous year, considerably
over the average; 136 children and 4 young persons died of it, making
140 in all.
DIARRHCEA..
(Decennial average, 126.9).
The deaths registered from Diarrhoea were 169, 5 of which were certified
as "Choleraic." 100 were those of infants under one year of age, while
43 were those of children between the ages of one and two years ; I believe
that in many cases the disease was produced by improper or careless
feeding.
ALCOHOLISM.
Two deaths were returned by the coroner as due to drink. One, a
male, aged 31, certified as "Drink, accelerated by JtJpilepsy" The other,
a male, aged 63, as "Coma, from excessive drinkingIn several other
instances intemperance was recorded by the certifying medical man as an
''accelerating " cause.