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Ealing 1937

[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 :—

DiseaseRemaining in Hospital 31st March, 1937Admitted during yearDischarged during yearDied during yearRemaining in Hospital 31st March, 1938
Scarlet Fever73392426138
Diphtheria10203174831
Measles271629
Whooping Cough112_
Chicken Pox431
Puerperal Fever55
Parametritis11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum44
Nursing Mother11
Enteric Fever55
Mumps11
Erysipelas22
Chicken pox and pneumonia11
Pneumonia11
Cervical abscess11
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