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Thirty tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a total
of 240,000 units of serum, have been supplied during the year
to Medical Practitioners for the treatment of patients suffering
from this disease.
HOSPITAL AND OTHER FORMS OF GRATUITOUS
MEDICAL RELIEF.
I am again indebted to the Secretaries of the Hospitals
situated in the Borough for kindly giving me information regarding
gratuitous medical relief.
The Seamen's Hospital have admitted, treated and maintained
500 Greenwich patients for an average of twenty-six days
each, as compared with 455 persons with an average of 15 days
last year; in addition to which there have been 2,900 Outpatients,
making approximately 8.700 attendances of persons
belonging to the Borough of Greenwich. The number of Outpatients
for the previous year was 3,240, which shows a decrease
of 340, with a corresponding decrease in the number of Outpatient
attendances.
Miller General Hospital admitted, treated and maintained
300 Greenwich persons for an average of twenty-two days
as against 421 last year. 8,910 Out-patients have also been
treated, the total attendances being approximately 47,270.
With the new ward block, which was formally opened by
H.R.H. The Duchess of York on the 14th of May, 1929, the
number of available beds was increased to 151.
This additional accommodation consits of three wards,
named "The Morris Ward," "The William Shepherd Ward,"
and the "Borough of Deptford War Memorial Children's Ward,"
each containing 24 beds and two private rooms for paying
patients. The Children's Ward is specially constructed with
glass partitions, so that in the event of an outbreak of infectious
disease the area of infection may be limited.
In the corridor of the new ward block the Borough of
Greenwich War Memorial Tablet has been fixed.
The other new extensions were the twin theatre suite
consisling of two theatres, anaesthetic rooms, sterilizing room,
duty room and surgeons' retiring room. The first part of the
Nurses' Home, which was greatly needed, is situated in Catherine
Grove.