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BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
Table V. gives a summary of all cases treated at the Hospital
during 1938. 1,476 patients were admitted and discharged, which
together with patients in at the commencement of 1938 (197),
gives a total of 1,673 cases dealt with. Forty-one died, giving a
case mortality for the Hospital of 24.5 per cent. as against 22.1 in
1937. The average number of days of each patient in Hospital for
all classes of patients was 22.6 days as against 22.1 in 1937. Penge
Urban District Council has an arrangement with the Corporation
to send their cases to the Hospital. During 1938 a total of 160
cases was admitted, these are included in the Table. The Hospital
is a recognised training school for nurses. During the year 3 probationers
passed the preliminary examination and 7 the final
examination.
The accommodation of the Hospital remained as in 1937, but
owing to a decline in Scarlet Fever cases during the last quarter
of the year, one of the Scarlet Fever wards was kept closed during
this period.
During the year 7 cases were operated on for tonsils and
adenoids and 8 for acute mastoiditis, and 6 cases had uterine
drainage performed.