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WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.INJURIES RESULTING FROM THE ILLUMINATIONS.

THE following list of the casualties occurring on the night ofthe 10th ult. is as accurate as could be made out by Mr. ArthurBeadles, the house.surgeon, who has favoured us with it.Several other cases subsequently presented themselves for treat-ment, as at the other hospitals.

Patients admitted into the hospital on March 10th.John Fincham, aged forty, brought in at six P.M. He was

crossing the road at the foot of Westminster-bridge for thepurpose of going through Palace-yard, when he was knockeddown by an omnibus, and the sternal end of his right claviclewas fractured, together with four or five ribs, accompaniedwith emphysema of the upper part of the front of the chest.He is progressing favourably.Ann Mills, aged fifty; knocked down opposite the Horse

Guards by the crowd, and both bones of the left leg fractured.She is doing well.

Charles Simmonds, aged forty-seven ; injury to the hip-jointfrom a cab falling on him. He has recovered and left thehospital.

Cases not kept in the hospital.Jane Brown ; cut eye and face.Fanny Wilmot; cut thumb.Ann Lawrence ; scalp wound.William Row; sprained ankle.Joseph Foster ; scalp wound.Jane Fogan ; injured back.J. Evans; wound of the hand.E. Lawrence ; wound of the face.George Hodges ; fractured humerus.William Cummins; fractured humerus.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.

THREE CASES OF INJURY OCCURRING ON THE NIGHT OF

THE ILLUMINATIONS.

(Under the care of Mr. BIRD.)

THE following details were kindly furnished by Mr. PhilipR. Tomlinson, assistant house-surgeon to the hospital. Severalother patients presented themselves with injuries of a muchless severe character than those detailed.Hannah Burgh, aged sixty-one. She went out to see the

illuminations with some friends, and when opposite the Man-sion House there was a general rush, and she became separatedfrom her friends, and whilst she was trying to get out of thecrowd some man got his elbow against her chest and pressedupon it with great force (she says she felt the bones give fromthe pressure), since which time she has suffered great pain inbreathing and coughing, or on making any exertion. There isan evident depression of the sternum at the lower part.

Catherine Parker, aged thirty-four. Went to see the illu-minations, and whilst in Piccadilly was violently pressedagainst a cart wheel, her abdomen being severely crushed. Shehas had for some time continued pain in the abdomen, notbeing able in any way to exert herself; the pain is much in-creased on pressure. Her bowels have been obstinately costiveever since. Her right eyebrow was much bruised and cut nearthe root of the nose ; the bridge of the latter was also bruisedand swollen. Both eyes were blackened. She lost muchblood. Was quite sober at the time of the accident. Severeheadache followed the receipt of the injury. The bruises weretreated with lotions and poultices, and are now getting better.

William Hooper, aged forty-two. Whilst coming downLudgate-hill he stumbled and fell, his elbow striking the pave-ment violently. The pain soon went off, but next day hefound his elbow swollen, and it has gradually been gettingstiff ever since. He was hurt also in different parts of his body,from people trampling on him. There is now a good deal ofeffusion round the elbow-joint, and he is unable to continuehis work.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.CASES OF INJURY OCCURRING ON THE NIGHT OF THE

ILLUMINATIONS.

(Under the care of the Surgeons.)MR. JOHN D. HILL, the house-surgeon, informs us that only

two cases were treated on the above-mentioned night: one was

a simple contusion of the knee, produced by a fall from a van;the other a fracture of a rib, from being crushed against theshaft of a cab.On subsequent days several other persons presented them-

selves, and were treated as out-patients. Amongst them wasa case of severe contusion of the forearm; and in another, thepatient had been squeezed between two opposing forces, whichproduced temporary congestion of the brain, leaving a chemosedcondition of the conjunctive.

CHARING.CROSS HOSPITAL.INJURIES OCCURRING DURING THE LATE FESTIVITIES.

MR. WM. TRAVERS, the resident medical officer, has kindlyforwarded the annexed report.The following cases of accident were attended to on March

7th, and occurred during the passing of the royal procession :-Lydia Constable, knocked down in Pall-mall, was brought

into hospital with a dislocation of the humerus into the axilla.This was reduced, and she returned home.John Daley-with a severe scalp wound, caused by the fall.

ing of some timber. He left, after having the wound dressed.Ann Haley was knocked down by the crowd in the Strand,

and received a wound of scalp; not so severe as to need herbeing detained.The following accidents and emergencies occurred on the

night of the 10th March :-Jane Sansom and Ellen Riley were brought into the hospital

as dead. It was found that they were suffering from severefainting fits, occasioned by the great pressure of the crowd inTrafalgar-square.Thomas Wilson had severely contused his knee, from being

knocked down in Stamford-street.Mary Coppin was admitted with a fractured thigh at the

middle third, having been run over by a pleasure-van oppositethe National Gallery. She remains in the hospital, and is

doing well.James Forbes was run over at the same time as the last pa-

tient. He had met with some severe contusions of both thighs.No case of sudden death was brought to the hospital, nor

have any of the above-named cases terminated fatally or pro-gressed unfavourably.

LONDON HOSPITAL.INJURIES OCCURRING AT THE ILLUMINATIONS.

(Under the care of Mr. CURLING.)MR. J. G. KING, the house-surgeon, has informed us that

the cases admitted through accident on the 10th ultimo wereas follows :-James Robbs, aged fifty-eight, accompanied by his wife

and a party of friends, started at seven o’clock on the night ofthe illuminations (March 10th) in a van to see those in the city.The crowd was so dense that the party were two hours and ahalf going a mile and a half; and when they got to AldgateChurch there was great pushing, shouting, and excitement.A van attempted to force its way before that in which the partywere, and the wheels of both vans came into collision. Robbs,who was standing on the tail-board, was jerked off with greatviolence among the crowd. The people held back, and didnot trample upon him. His leg was broken and lacerated, andhe was forthwith conveyed to the London Hospital. When

admitted, Mr. King, the house-surgeon, found the injuries tobe a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula. Gangrenesupervened, and amputation was performed on the 24th. Onthe 29th death ensued from sloughing of the stump.

Rachel Michael, aged thirty-two, in stepping off the pave-ment to avoid the crowd, fell upon a sewer-grating, andfractured the tibia and fibula. This patient is doing well, thesplints having been removed on the 6th instant.Benjamin Wood, aged nine, was knocked down by a cab,

and received a lacerated wound of the scalp. There is nowexfoliation of the bone, with cerebral symptoms, which givecause for anxiety as to his ultimate recovery.The following cases occurred on the day of the procession

(March 7th), the particulars of which were furnished by Mr.Appleyard :-Jane Darling, of Stepney, aged fifty-eight, was thrown down

in the crowd and dragged some distance. She was insensiblefor some time, and suffered from contusions and fracture of theradius. She refused to remain in the hospital, and was there-fore made an out-patient; but she got worse, and died aboutten days afterwards.