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hospital, and at the end of the previous year 20. Altogether
last year there were 315 admissions from 13 unions; 252 were
acutc cases, and 55 were partially recovered cases of smallpox,
the latter having been admitted from other hospitals;8
were not cases of smallpox;237 patients were discharged cured;
48 died, leaving 52 under treatment, of which 37 were removed
convalescent, and 15 were acute cases remaining under treatment
on December 31st last. The total mortality per cent. was 16.21.
The mortality in those cases in which the patients had been
once vaccinated was 11.79; in those in which it was doubtful
whether the patients had been vaccinated 25.00; and in those
in which vaccination had never been performed successfully 40.32.
The facts are conclusive evidence of the very great value of
vaccination.
The following table shows the number of acute cases of smallpox
admitted in the Metropolitan Asylum Hospital at Fulham
during the year 1880; also the number of cases vaccinated,
doubtful, and unvaccinated, with the Unions from which they
were admitted:—
Union or Parish.
Vaccinated.
Doubtful
as to
Vaccination.
Unvaccinated.
Total.
Fulham Union
32
4
9
45
Holborn Union
2
0
0
2
St. Giles's & St. George's,
3
1
3
7
St. George's Union
13
2
6
21
St. John's, Hampstead Parish
0
0
0
0
St. Luke's, Chelsea Parish
6
0
3
9
St. Mary. Paddington Parish
9
0
0
9
St. Marylebone Parish
6
1
3
10
St. Mary, Lambeth Parish
0
0
0
0
St. Mary, Islington Parish
45
3
16
64
St. Mary, Kensington Parish
34
1
3
38
St. Pancras Parish
21
3
10
31
St. Saviour's Union
0
0
0
0
Strand Union
4
0
0
4
Wandsworth & Clapham Union
5
0
3
8
Westminster Union
1
0
0
1
Totals
181
15
56
252
The foregoing table is taken from the Report of the Medical
Superintendent of the Hospital. In my table of the cases
removed from this district, it may be observed that the number
is 46, one case having been taken to the Metropolitan Asylum