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The difference in the relative fatality of ''Hospital"
cases and "Home cases is still more strikingly shown in
the following Table, which compares the fatality at different
age-periods of the cases treated at home and of those
treated in Hospital:—
Age.
Cases Removed to Hospital.
Cases treated at Home.
No. of Cases.
Deaths.
Mortality.
per cent.
No. of Cases.
Deaths.
Mortality.
per cent.
Under 1 year
3
1
33.3
1
1
100
1 to 2 years
21
6
28.6
7
3
42.8
2 „ 3 „
17
4
23.5
8
5
62.5
3 „ 4 „
40
12
30.0
14
8
57.1
4 „ 5 „
33
7
21.2
8
4
50.0
5 „ 10 „
110
14
13.6
28
8
28.6
10 „ 15 „
25
1
4.0
6
1
16.6
15 „ 25 „
15
1
6.6
9
—
—
25 35 „
13
—
—
15
1
6.6
35 „ 45 „
6
—
—
4
—
—
45 „ 55 „
1
—
—
1
—
—
55 „ 65 „
—
—
—
1
—
—
It will, of course, be remembered that the above Tables
give all the cases certified as Diphtheria, but that in a
considerable proportion the diagnosis was erroneous; for
instance, of the 198 patients who were admitted into the
Western Hospital certified as suffering from Diphtheria, 30,
or over 15 per cent., were found, after sojourn in Hospital, to
be suffering from other diseases, viz.: 8 from Scarlet Fever,
18 from Tonsillitis, and 4 from other diseases; but this,
however, would certainly apply equally, if not to a greater
extent, to the cases certified as Diphtheria that were treated