"The combined tracheotomy mortality for all the hospitals, which in 1894 was 70.4 per cent., has fallen to 49.4 per cent. in 1895. This is a lower death-rate than has ever been recorded in any single hospital of the Board for a year's consecutive tracheotomies. In other words, rather more than 50 per cent. of children on whom the operation has been performed have been saved since the employment of antitoxin. In one of the hospitals no less than a fraction under 60 per cent. survived, although the recoveries in that hospital in any previous year did not exceed 25 per cent., and in the preceding year—viz., 1894—were as low as 10 per cent.
"The improved results in the tracheotomy cases of 1895 have also been shared by analogous cases in which the operation was not performed. The percentage mortality of all laryngeal cases has fallen from 62 in 1894 to 42.3 in 1895.
"Moreover, the number of laryngeal cases which required tracheotomy has fallen in 1895 to 45.3 per cent., whereas in 1894 it was 56 per cent.
"The following tables briefly summarise the foregoing results. As no returns for 1894 were furnished by the Fountain Hospital by reason of the smallness of the numbers, the Fountain cases have also been omitted from the 1895 figures, in order that the two series may be rendered strictly comparable:—
1. Comparative Mortality of Laryngeal Cases at all Hospitals,
except the Fountain.
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Percentage Mortality. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 466 | 289 | 62.0 |
| 1895 | 468 | 196 | 41.8 |
2. Comparative Results in Tracheotomy Cases at all Hospitals,
except the Fountain.
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Percentage Mortality. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 261 | 184 | 70.4 |
| 1895 | 219 | 108 | 49.3 |
3. Comparative Number of Laryngeal Cases which required
Tracheotomy at all Hospitals, except the Fountain.
| Year. | Cases. | Tracheotomies. | Percentage of Tracheotomies. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 466 | 261 | 56.0 |
| 1895 | 468 | 219 | 46.8 |