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C.—REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
The total nominal accommodation at the Borough Hospital
amounts to 146 beds.
In 1909 half of the accommodation in Block F had to be allotted
to nurses on account of the insufficient number of beds in the
Administrative Block. Owing to a considerable increase in the
prevalence of scarlet fever the hospital was under great pressure
during the late summer and early autumn. A certain amount of
relief was obtained by the transfer of 26 acute cases to the London
Fever Hospital and six convalescents to the Mary Wardell Convalescent
Home, Stanmore. In spite of that, there were many
weeks during which the hospital accommodation was unduly
strained. It is, therefore, satisfactory to report that during the year
the Council approved of plans for an enlargement of the hospital,
and sanction has since been obtained for the necessary loan.
The following Table shows the Highest and Lowest number of beds
occupied on any one night during each month of the year 1909:—

During 1909 the average daily number of cases under treat men
amounted to 142.4 as compared with 127.1 in the previous year.