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Bethnal Green 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Patients admitted from the opening of the Institution in 1848, to the 31st
December, 1880 323,875
Average attendance of Out-Patients each week 1,141
1,994 of the Out-Patients gave their residence as Bethnal Green.
QUEEN ADELAIDE'S DISPENSARY.
The Medical Report of the Charity gives the following results:—
Patients under medical treatment at the commencement of 1880.. 428
New Patients admitted, who have had advice and medicine gratis
at the Dispensary, or at their own homes 3244
Visited at their own homes 317
Have died 36
Still under medical treatment 1181
BETHNALL HOUSE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
RETURN FOR 1880.
To the kindness of Dr. Millar I am indebted for the following return :—
Male. Female.
Number of Patients, 1st January, 1880 158 235
Admitted during 1880 104 139
Discharged 86 116
Died 29 18
Number on 1st January, 1881 147 240
Average number resident 149 234
TABLE H.
| Quarter ending. | Children under five years. | Persons from five to fifty-five. | Persons above fifty-five. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | Rainfall in inches. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 92 | 61 | 102 | 255 | 39.8 | 3.2 |
| June | 67 | 24 | 22 | 113 | 52.4 | 5.0 |
| September | 46 | 15 | 21 | 82 | 61.4 | 8.8 |
| December | 82 | 28 | 38 | 148 | 44.0 | 12.8 |
| Total, 1880 | 287 | 128 | 183 250 | 598 | 49.4 Fah. Mean Temperature for Year 1880. | 29.8 |
| Total, 1879 | 370 | 135 | 755 | 46.2 Mean Temperature for Year 1879. | 30.10 |