Annual reports of the statistical committee and the medical superintendents of the infectious hospitals and imbecile asylums, also of the ambulance & training ship "Exmouth" committees, for the year 1888 / Metropolitan Asylums Board.

  • Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England). Statistical Committee.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Annual reports of the statistical committee and the medical superintendents of the infectious hospitals and imbecile asylums, also of the ambulance & training ship "Exmouth" committees, for the year 1888 / Metropolitan Asylums Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Health. The following table is supplied by the Medical Officer, and speaks for itself DISEASES. No. of Sick admitted into Infirmary during 1888. Percentage of Sick. Deaths. General Diseases— Febrile. # • 9 10 1*15 • • • Constitutional . • • • 15 1*73 1 Local— Diseases of the Respiratory System 9 1*03 1 ,, ,, Circulatory >> 2 •23 * • V ,, ,, Digestive ?? 160 18-46 • ♦ • ,, ,, Nervous 57 1 •11 • • • ,, ,, Cutaneous 32 3-69 • • • )’) >> Eye ... ... • • • 28 3-23 • * • •i} E ai «(j • •« • • » 4 •46 t • • Accidental Injuries . • • 1 80 9-23 • M Total . • • • 341 39-32 2 During the year 1888 the number of boys on board the “Exmouth” was 860. Spiritual Instruction. Chaplain's Report Captain Bourchier, R,N. Training Ship “ Exmouth,” Dear Sir, January 1st, 1889. I am happy to be able to report that the interest shown by all on board, officers and boys, in the services and instructions which I and my colleagues have given during the past year has been very marked—and the steady increase of reverence and heartiness in the services, and the cheerful willingness with which any suggestion of mine for their improvement has been complied with has made my work as Chaplain most encouraging. During the past year there have been two Confirmations on board, one held by the Bishop of Colchester, on May 23rd, when 67 boys were confirmed, and the other on