The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-02 00:00:00

VHS SMALL POI AND VACCINATION

HOSPITAL~

The 115th annual general court of the go-
vane= of this institution was held yesterday at the
Highgate-hill, Upper Holloway ; Mr. S. Tusaza
lititill' chair._ The minutes of the previous court having
bees read and confirmed, it appeared from the report,
which was read by the Secretary, Mr. Dineley, that 876
patients had been admitted into the hospital during the
=died.
sr, at whom 752 wore discharged and It 3 had
the game time, 1,000 charges of vaccine lymph had
bees supplied gratuitously to medical practitioners. The
balance sheet showed that 5,5441 in. Bd., inohniu.
1,8711. 8a Bd., the produce of the sale of 2,0001. Hero*
had bear received, and 4,1881. 6e. 10d. expended, leaving •
balance at the 'bankers iu favour of the hospital of
1,3561. 2s. 10d. The receipts included donations amount-
ing to 2181. 7s. At the last general court it was
resolved to provide • separate building or wards
for the reception of the more urgent cases, so as to afford
additional accommodation to the public and security to the
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patients. The contract for this had been undsethien by
Mr. Perry for the sum of 3,3581., and it is now nearly corn-
plated. Messrs. W. Salt and R. Moou, and Miss Bowrens,
had been elected life governors, and Mr. J. G. Howe trea-
surer, in the place of Mr. H. Egerton, deceased. The
report was adopted. The medical officers stated that in
their last annual report they had had to call attention to the
epidemic of smallpox, which bad then been raging with
meter intensity than bad ever occurred before dace the
foundation of the hospital, in 1746, there having been 91
patients in the hospital on Dec. 31, 1859, while the number
was only 27 for the corresponding period laid year. The
influence of that epidemic, however, bail been felt in a
marked degyeeduring the past year, up to Julylest, although
there was some abatement in June, and oonsequently for
more than half the year the average rate of admissions had
been more than 105 a month, while for the remainder of the
year it had only been about 27 smooth. Of the 875 patients
admitted during the past year 858 were amass of
small-pox, ono being a secondary case of small-pox—
en attack of the casual disease after inoculation--and
17 cases of other eruptive diseases ; of these 858 eases, 161
had occurred to unvaccinated persons, and 697 to those who
had been vaccinated, the proportion of the vaccinated being,
therefore, as large aa 81 per cent. The number off deaths
which had occurred-123—gave a mortality of 14 per cent.
on the gross admissions, but one of these bad died of
disease of the lungs, another of scarlet fever, and nine were
attributable to supersdded or hospital disease. The mor-
tality among the 161 unvaccinated cases was 56, or 3418
per cent. ; while among the 697 vaccinated oases it was but
66, or 916 per cent. ; the number of patients vaccinated at
the hospital during the year bad been 310. It was resolved
that • letter of condolence should be sent to the family of
Mr. Egerton, deceased, late treasurer of the hospital;
and the officers fur the ensuing year having been re-
appointed, with thanks to them for their past services, the
usual compliment was paid to the chairman, and the pro-
eeedings terminated.