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Comments on the Incidence and Prevalence of Infectious Disease.
Scarlet Fever was less prevalent than in 1943.
The incidence rate of Diphtheria was 0.11, compared with
0.29 in 1943.
No cases of Small Pox occurred during the year.
There were 48 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia; 9 occurred in the
age-group 15—24 years and 39 in the age-group 25—44 years. A
majority of the cases occurred in women having their first confinement.
BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
Table A gives a summary of all cases treated at the Hospital
during 1944.
612 patients, were admitted and discharged which, together
with patients in at the commencement of 1944 (73), gives a total
of 685 dealt with. Nine died, giving a case mortality for the
Hospital of 1 per cent., as against 0.6 per cent, in 1943.
Penge Urban District Council have an arrangement with the
Corporation to send their cases to the Hospital. During the year
32 cases were admitted and these are included in the tables.
Two operations for tonsils and adenoids were performed.
On August 16th a flying bomb fell in the hospital grounds,
severely damaging Wards J and D and causing much damage by
blast to all the other wards.
Though both Wards J and D were occupied at the time,
the patients and nurses escaped with minor injuries, in spite of
some being pinned under debris. Within a short time, the
patients from these wards were transferred to others, the work
being made easier by the prompt assistance offered by the first
aid squads and members of the Hospital staff.
The work of repair of the damaged wards is progressing
satisfactorily.
No nurses entered during the year for the State examination.