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GENERAL SURGEON.
During: the year Mr. Trevor Jones was consulted with regard
to six patients. Twelve attendances at the hospital in connection
with these cases were necessitated, one operation (for drainage
of septic knee) being performed and eleven examinations carried
out. X-ray photographs were taken in the case of two of these
patients.
INFECTIOUS ILLNESS AMONGST STAFF.
One Probationer Nurse developed Diphtheria; later in the
year the same nurse contracted Scarlet Fever. Two others, also
Probationers, contracted Scarlet Fever during the year.
I cannot conclude this section of the report without reference
to the death of Dr. Dan McKenzie who carried out the ear, nose
and throat work at your hospital since its beginning.
Dr. McKenzie was a leader of his particular branch of the
medical profession for many years, a position he attained by his
uncompromising honesty of outlook and gifts of acute observation
which added to his wide experience made his clinical opinion on
any case of the utmost value.
His loss will be felt by a large body of patients and by those
members of the medical profession who had the benefit of his
judgement and operative skill in the carrying out of their work.
The Council decided to appoint in his place Mr. Trevor Jones,
M.B., B.Sc., F.R.C.S., who had been carrying out for some years
any general surgery which was required at the hospital and who
had also had excellent experience in ear, nose and throat work.
This arrangement is a particularly happy one as Mr. Jones lives
in the district and is easily accessible and can be obtained without
delay when a surgical opinion is required.
CONSULTATIONS.
The practice of seeing doubtful cases of infections at the
request of Medical Practitioners in the area was continued and
during the year 45 such consultations were made in respect of
the following:—