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Hendon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
The following Table shows the Case Mortality Rates
for the last 5 years:—
HENDON ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
TABLE X.
| 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Cases removed to Hospital | 90 | 37 | 39 | 66 | 102 |
| Total deaths in Hospital | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Case Mortality | — | 5.40% | 2.56% | 1.51% | .98% | |
| Diphtheria. | Cases removed to Hospital | 86 | 172 | 92 | 59 | 109 |
| Total deaths in Hospital | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Case Mortality | 6.97% | 1.16% | 4.34% | 3.38% | 2.75% |
The plans of the proposed new Isolation Hospital have
been under discussion with the Ministry of Health during
the year and have been reduced so as to provide 60 beds instead
of 80, in order to meet the views of the Ministry. The
Ministry have now intimated their intention of holding a local
inquiry. It is to be hoped that the Ministry's sanction will
be forthcoming almost immediately in order that the building
may commence. The position is. becoming very serious.
The population is now about 67,000 and at the present rate
of growth it may be expected to be 80,000 in 5 years. In
addition the London County Council intend to erect over
4,000 houses in the district during the same period, so that
the population will almost certainly reach 100,000 within a
very few years of the hospital being completed. With our
present population and without anything of the nature of an
epidemic, there were as many as 42 patients in the hospital
shortly before the end of the year. It is therefore obvious
that a hospital of 60 beds will be far from giving a large margin
of safety when the London County Council houses are
occupied. If the hospital cannot be erected in time to meet