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DENTON HOSPITAL.
The total number of cases treated in the Hospital during the year was 91,
an excess of 31 over the number for 1905.
The increase was due principally to the admission to Denton Hospital of a
number of boys from the training ship "Arethusa," suffering from Scarlet
Fever, which I have dealt with in my remarks on that disease.
The average number of days treatment for each case was 23.19, while the
average daily cost of maintenance per head was 1s. 4.34d.
Of the cases admitted, two only had a fatal termination, one a case of
Enteric Fever* and the other from Acute Tuberculosis.
There were eight remaining undischarged at the end of the year.
In the beginning of the year it was decided to abolish the existing system
of lighting the Hospital by means of oil lamps.
This was, of course, practically the only available method of lighting the
Hospital in the absence of a public gas supply.
The Gravesend and Milton Gas Company were approached, and they agreed
to lay a main pipe to the Hospital in consideration of a payment of 100.
towards the expense of doing this.
The installation was completed during March, and the ground and hospital
generally are much better illuminated.
Water Supply.—The pump and machinery have been thoroughly overhauled
during the year, and an ample supply of drinking water of an excellent
quality has been obtained.
The disinfecting apparatus is still continuing in efficient use after 14 years'
service.
The boiler is inspected periodically by the Engineer of an Insurance
Company, who reports it as being in good condition.
Drainage.—The excrement from patients is cremated, and only slopwater
and laundry waste is allowed to pass into the drains. These discharge into a
collecting tank, whence it passes through a contact bed, and a satisfactory
effluent thence discharges into the River.
* This patient was a sailor who came to this country as a member of the crew of a Japanese Man-o'-War.
At the request of the Japanese Consul the remains were cremated in the Corporation Crematorium at Ilford
and the ashes delivered to the Consul for conveyance to Japan.