Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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HOSPITALS.
Public.
London County Council: Bethnal Green Hospital,
Cambridge Road.
I am indebted to Dr. W. P. Greenwood, the
Medical Superintendent, for the following statistics
concerning the work of the Bethnal Green Hospital
for the year.
(Information as to the Midwifery work of the
hospital is given in a later paragraph in this report).
No. of admissions 6,203
Operations performed 1,480
(including 716 under general anaesthesia
and 215 abdominal sections).
Out-patients (5,776) Attendances 38,253
Some idea of the wide range of medical work carried out in
the hospital may be gathered from the following figures about some
of the special departments:—
Dental: No. of patients 339. Attendances 770. No. of
extractions 235.
Dentures: full upper and lower 13, partial 1.
Massage: Patients treated 811; Treatments given 22,897.
X-ray: In-patients X-rayed 2,747; Out-patients 1,979.
In addition, there are departments for pathological, bacteriological
and bio-chemical examinations, and for venereal disease.
Other. The Officers of the hospitals have furnished me with the following statistics concerning their work last year—
Beds | No. of new Outpatients | Out-patients Attendances | No. ofInpatients | Average duration Inpatient treatment (days) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney Road | 160 | 25,180 | 106,346 | 2,171 | |
Mildmay Mission Hospital, Austin Street | 56 | 15,723 | 52,496 | 939 | 17·35 |
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Victoria Park | 188 | 13,373 | 44,102 | 1,273 | 44·8 |