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In every instance as soon as I received intimation of the
existence of the fever, I caused the patient to be removed to the
Hospital, and took every possible precaution to hinder the spreading
of the disease by thoroughly disinfecting the rooms and bedfurniture.
The subject of Hospital accomodation for persons suffering
from infectious diseases has engaged the attention of the various
Vestries and District Boards during the last two years, and at the
several meetings which have been held it was almost universally
felt that the Metropolitan Asylums Board should take charge of
such cases. I am happy to say that your Board has passed a
resolution to enter into contract with the Managers of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, for the treatment of non-pauper
cases of infectious disease.
Thus, persons so Created will come under the Sanitary Act
of 18GG, and the charges for patients sent into the Hospitals
will be bourne upon the General Rate, and the recipients of
relief will not be pauperized.
I am happy, however, to take this opportunity of testifying
to the cordial support I have invariably received from the Guardians
and Relieving Officers, whereby I have been enabled as readily
to remove persons of the non-pauper class as those that were.
In Christ Church there were 10 deaths from violence, and 18
in St. Saviour. 20 inquests were held in Christ Church, and 21
in St. Saviour.
Twenty-five bodies have been removed to the Mortuary during
the year. A large proportion were persons who had been drowned
and found in the River Thames.
In the following tabulated statement I would direct your
attention to the ages of those who died during the year,