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The figures for the total number of persons are arrived at by adding
together the total numbers relieved each week for the 52 weeks. ''Medical
Relief Only" implies that no relief other than the services of a District
Medical Officer was given to these persons.
With regard to the cases in receipt of medical treatment at St.
Andrew's Hospital during the period ended 31st December, 1929, the
total days maintenance for the year amounted to 180,988 days, giving
an average daily number of 495.
Sick cases are also treated in the Poplar Institution in the Sick
Wards, and maternity cases in the All Saints' Maternity Annexe. The
average daily numbers for the year ended 31st December, 1929, are as
follows:—
Sick Wards, Poplar Institution 203
Maternity Wards, All Saints' Annexe, to July, 1929 36
On 8th July, 1929, the Maternity Department was transferred from
Poplar Institution to St. Andrew's Hospital and the number of days
maintenance from that date to the 31st December, 1929, was 916 for the
Maternity Wards.
The number of entries in the District Medical Officers' Registers of
cases for medical treatment for the year ended 31st December, 1929,
are as follows:—