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Bethnal Green 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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the work of the Bethnal Green Hospital for the year
ended the 30 th September, 1929 : —
No of Admissions 6,986 Casualties treated 3,857
Children Admitted :
Under 3 years 1,254 Operations performed 904
3—16 years 1,555 Out-patients' Attendances 7,571
The development of the work of this hospital is
ishown by other striking figures which Dr. O'Leary
has been good enough to send me. The daily average
of admissions has increased from 14.9 in 1925-26 to
19.1 in 1928-29, the casualties treated from 752 to
3,857 and the operations performed from 574 to 904.
X-ray apparatus with which the hospital is equipped
is increasingly employed in diagnosis, rising from 374
cases in 1925-26 to 827 in 1928-29. The hospital is
in fact an efficiently staffed and equipped general
hospital of which the district may well be proud.
Other. The Officers of the hospitals have furnished me with the following statistics concerning their work last year—
| Beds | No. of new Outpatients | Outpatients Attendances | No. ofInpatients | Average duration Inpatient treatment (days) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney Road | 134 | 30,806 | 127,433 | 1,851 | 24 |
| Mildmay Mission Hospital, Austin Street | 56 | 13,621 | 54,070 | 1,036 | 15.6 |
| City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Victoria Park | 186 | 10,971 | 46,377 | 1,094 | 53 |
The Queen's Hospital also has 36 beds at a country branch,
the Little Folks' Home, Bexhill.
The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, although situated
outside the Borough, is also largely used by residents.