+----------------------------++---------------------------++----------+ | ||METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD || | | ANTITOXIN COMMITTEE: || 1894: ||Difference| | 633 Cases treated ||3042 Cases treated without || of | | with Antitoxin. || Antitoxin. || Per- | +----------------------------++---------------------------++ centage. | |Day of the| C | D | M || Day of | C | D | M || | |Disease on| a | e | o ||Admission| a | e | o || | |which | s | a | r || to | s | a | r || | |Treatment | e | t | t ||Hospital.| e | t | t || | |was begun.| s. | h | i || | s. | h | a || | | | | s. | l || | | s. | l || | | | | | i || | | | i || | | | | | t || | | | t || | | | | | y || | | | y || | | | | | || | | | || | | | | | %. || | | | %. || | +----------+-----+-----+-----++---------+-----+-----+-----++----------+ | 1st | 20 | 2 | 10.0|| 1st | 133| 30 | 22.5|| 12.5 | | 2nd | 92 | 10 | 10.8|| 2nd | 539| 146 | 27.0|| 16.2 | | 3rd | 133 | 20 | 15.0|| 3rd | 652| 192 | 29.4|| 14.4 | | 4th | 130 | 26 | 20.0|| 4th | 566| 179 | 31.6|| 11.6 | | 5th | 258 | 66 | 25.5|| 5th |1,152| 355 | 30.8|| 5.3 | |and after.| | | || | | | || | +----------+-----+-----+-----++---------+-----+-----+-----++----------+ | Totals | 633 | 124 | 19.5|| Totals |3,042| 902 | 29.6|| 10.1 | +----------+-----+-----+-----++---------+-----+-----+-----++----------+ B _Summary and Conclusions of the Committee's Report_ "The material for the investigation of the clinical value of the antitoxin serum in the treatment of diphtheria was not obtained from selected, but from consecutive, cases, reported from the general hospitals and the fever hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board; all were made use of which fulfilled the requirements of the Committee. "The Committee rejected all cases in which satisfactory proof of the existence of true diphtheria was not shown, either by the presence of the _Bacillus diphtheriæ_ upon bacteriological examination, or by the occurrence of paralysis in the course of the illness. All were also rejected in which the amount of antitoxin administered was stated in cubic centimetres and not in normal units, the Committee having no means by which the strength of the antitoxin could in these cases be determined.