Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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CHISWICK AND EALING HOSPITALS COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the
administration of the Hospitals from the 1st April, 1937, to the
31st March, 1938.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The total number of cases admitted to the Hospital was 649,
81 more than in the previous year. The highest number under
treatment on any day was 101 on the 7th January, 1938, and the
lowest number 22 on the 19th August, 1937. The average daily
number in Hospital was 69.
The following table indicates the number of cases of various diseases treated during the year :—
Disease | Remaining in Hospital 31st March, 1937 | Admitted during year | Discharged during year | Died during year | Remaining in Hospital 31st March, 1938 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 73 | 392 | 426 | 1 | 38 |
Diphtheria | 10 | 203 | 174 | 8 | 31 |
Measles | — | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | _ |
Chicken Pox | — | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | — | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Parametritis | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
Nursing Mother | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Enteric Fever | — | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Mumps | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Chicken pox and pneumonia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Pneumonia | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cervical abscess | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
84 | 649 | 642 | 12 | 79 |