10 REPORT ON THE
Comparison of
hospital and
municipal returns.
deaths registered by the municipality were also higher in November, December, and
January than in any other months of the year; the smallest numbers, as in the hospital returns
were in the three hottest months—May, June, and July. As regards these three months, the
experience of 1873 is in accordance with that of 1872; but in that year the most fatal months
were October, November, and December.
9. In the statement (No. IX) submitted below, the months are arranged in order of
unhealthiness, as indicated by the hospital and municipal returns respectively, and they
exhibit general agreement.
Statement No. IX.
Municipal.
Hospital.
Municipal.
Hospital.
1. November.
January.
7. August.
April.
2. January.
November
8. April.
September.
3. December.
February.
9. September.
May.
4. March.
March.
10. May.
August.
5. February.
December.
11. June.
June.
6. October.
October.
12. July.
July.
Prevalence of
cholera in different
months of the year.
10. In the following statement (No. X) the extent to which some of the more important
diseases occasioning sickness and. death are influenced by the season of the year is indicated,
and the figures obtained from the hospital are compared with those of the municipal returns
,
They will be observed to be in general accordance. August to December, inclusive, were the
most feverish months; and in these months also dysentery and diarrhœa were more
prevalent. On the other hand, cholera prevailed more from January to May, inclusive;
March and April showing the largest numbers of eases treated and of deaths: and by the
municipal returns more deaths are recorded from this disease in February and March than
in the other months of the year. The experience of 1873 is not in accordance with that
of 1872, in which year November and December, as shewn both by the hospital and
municipal returns, were by far the most subject to Cholera, and February to June were the
months most free from it.
Statement No. X.
DISEASES.
FEVERS.
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
DYSENTERY.
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
DIARRHŒA.
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
CHOLERA.
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
Patients.
I n - d o o r .
O u t - d o o r .
I n - d o o r . O u t - d o o r .
I n - d o o r .
O u t - d o o r .
I n - d o o r s .
O u t - d o o r .
M O N T H S .
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
A d m i t t e d .
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
A d m i t t e d .
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
A d m i t t e d .
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
A d m i t t e d .
January
232
26 1,374 468
90
31 226 141 116
55 258 81
47
33
6 128
February
154
15 1,020 300
79
29 113
94
59
31 185
61
50
31
8 187
March
163
14 1,063 350
68
22 159
87
55
26 214
44
74
44
11
2 2 0
April
172
23
900 355
71
17 174
6 0 70
13 217
31
78
42
11 157
May
162
12 1,060 286
68
14 175
73
57
15 200
24
63
23
10
1 5 2
June
168
9
922 262
64
3 178
72
70
16 207
27
40
24
1
9 3
July
219
11
1,134 278 78
17 243
58
87
20 315
37
34
15
5
5 9
August
395
15
2,250 423 120
25 276
81
98
27 360
48
10
6
23
3 1
September
365
23 2,127 392 109
19 226
71 112
23 379
45
19
11
1 26
October
411
27 1,926 421
91 25 271
8 3 106
32 330
58
15
7
2 24
November
509
39 2,535 613 109
24 221 110 117
36 240
64
12
4
. . .
2 8
December
454
36 2,172 570 146
56 226 125
99
41 271
62
11
5
. . .
2 9