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1931.—217 cases admitted (average number in hospital on any
one day, 22.3; highest, 34; lowest, 9).
1932.—255 cases admitted (average number in hospital on any
one day, 24.0; highest, 62; lowest, 9).
1933.—500 cases admitted (average number in hospital on any
one day, 47.4; highest, 65; lowest, 30).
1934.—571 cases admitted (average number in hospital on any
one day, 55.5; highest, 67; lowest, 41).
1935.—556 cases admitted (average number in hospital on any
one day; 53.0; highest, 68; lowest, 38).
In addition to the greater numbers, the variety of diseases
treated and the severity of the cases admitted have also increased
in a corresponding manner. This has necessitated a much greater
measure of control, both from a medical and from a nursing standpoint.
The diseases for which the 556 patients were admitted during
1935 were as follows:—
Scarlet Fever 256
Diphtheria 160—Faucial 144
Nasal 7
Nasal &
Faucial 3
Laryngeal 3
Laryngeal
& Faucial 2
Laryngeal
& Nasal 1
Diphtheria "Carriers" 13
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria 8
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
“Carrier” 4
Scarlet Fever and Burns 2
Scarlet Fever and Chicken-pox 1
Scarlet Fever and Chicken-pox contact
2
Scarlet Fever and Whooping-cough 2
Scarlet Fever and Measles 1
Scarlet Fever and Ringworm 1
Scarlet Fever and German Measles 2
Scarlet Fever and Adenitis 1
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