Report, &c : the Weekly Committee of Directors of the Town's Hospital consider it their duty to report to the quarterly meeting of the directors, to be held on 15th May next.

  • Town's Hospital (Glasgow, Scotland)
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[1832]
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Credit: Report, &c : the Weekly Committee of Directors of the Town's Hospital consider it their duty to report to the quarterly meeting of the directors, to be held on 15th May next. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT, &c. The Weekly Committee of Directors of the Town's Hospital, consider it their duty to Report to the Quarterly Meeting of Directors, to be held on 15th May next, as follows:— At a pro re nata Meeting, held on the 28th day of February last, within Hutcheson's Hospital, the Directors were informed that Spasmodic Cholera had appeared with great virulence among the inmates of the Hospital, and the progress of the disease, as well as the proceedings of the Committee up to that date, were reported to the Directors.* At that date, twenty-one persons had been seized with sudden illness—of whom one was reported dead of Apoplexy, me dead of Ileus, and seven dead of Cholera. Four were reported recovered, and eight remained under treat- ment for Cholera—of whom five died subsequently, and three recovered. The disease continued to prevail until the 9th March, when its ravages were stayed, only two cases of Cho- lera having occured after that date; one on the 18th, and another on the 19th March, after which no cases of actual Cholera ap- peared within the Hospital, although the tendency to disease of the bowels, continued for some weeks to require a rigid surveil- lance of the inmates; and frequent visitations daily by Medical attendants were found necessary, to check the incipient symptons. After the 21 cases formerly reported, 46 additional cases occur- red, making a total of 67 within the Hospital, including two hired nurses. Of whom there died of Cholera, 42 of Apoplexy, - 1 of Ileus, - 1 of old age, and debility after Cho- lera, - - - I of inflamation of the Brain after Cholera, 1 46 And there recovered, - - - - 21 67 * See Appendix.