View report page

29
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The Hospital, which, as stated in last year's report, was
closed on 28th September, 1917, was again opened for the reception
of patients on 13th December, 1918.
Consequently, this year's report deals with "Wrentham," the
house which, during the aforementioned period, did duty for an
Isolation Hospital.
Compared with other years, a very small proportion of Scarlet
Fever and Diphtheria cases received hospital treatment, the
majority being treated in their own homes, where they were systematically
visited and attended by our hospital nurses. The
statistics given in the report bring out the wonderful success
which has attended this method. In particular, the very small
percentage of "complications " should be noted.
Likewise the non-removal of these infectious cases from their
homes, where they were kept under supervision, did not lead to
any spread of these diseases, which was at one time feared might
be the case.
It is to the conscientious care with which the nurses carried
out my instructions, under the supervision and direction of the
Matron, that our success is largely due.
It is my melancholy duty to record the death of one of the
oldest members of our staff—Sister Pikeman—who succumbed to
the effects of Inflaenza acting on a weak and fatty heart.