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legally to contract with the Metropolitan Asylum Hoard for the
reception of non-pauper cases of infectious disease. Owing to
delay on the part of the Asylum Board, no terms of contract have
yet been decided upon. Still, however, we have been, and are
carrying out the spirit, if not the letter of the law, and I only
trust I hat the terms of contract when they are issued will be as
favourable as the temporary terms which we have now adopted
for the last two years.
TABLE IV.
The following table shows the number of cases of Small-Pox
that were reported in each of the parishes in each of the 12
months during the year 1879, also the number of cases properly
isolated at an hospital, and those not properly isolated but treated
at home.
PARISH OK HAMMERSMITH
PARISH OF FULHAM.
Month.
Properly
Isolated fc
Removed
to 11
Hospital.
Trnatad at
Homo & not
Properly
Isolated.
Totals.
Properly
Isolated
& Removed
to an
Hospital.
Treated
ut Home
and not
Properly
isolated.
Totals.
grand
Totals
January
1
0
1
5
1
6
7
Febru'ry
1
0
1
14
2
16
17
March
4
1
6
1
0
19
24
April
2
5
7
33
1
34
41
May
9
1
10
16
7
23
33
June
1
3
4
13
3
16
20
July
1
1
2
11
0
11
13
August
0
I
1
4
0
4
5
Sept.
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
October
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nov.
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
december
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
Total.
20
13
33
119
14
133
166
1 he above table shows that the greatest number of cases
occurred in the month of April, and that in October there was no
case registered. By reference to my report of last year it will l»e
seen, that as above there was a greater number of cases during
the first 6 months than during the last 6 months of the year.
These facts tend to show that climatic conditions have an important
influence on the prevalence of the disease.
. fulham small. pox hospital.
During last year the Metropolitan Asylum Hospital in Seagrave-