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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southgate 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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OPERATIONS.
Tonsillectomy 2
Mastoidectomy 1
Gland Incision 1
The number of operations performed during 1939
was considerably less than was the case during 1938,
when the total was 15.
NUMBERS IN HOSPITAL.
The daily average of patients treated in hospital
during each month of 1939 was as follows: . i
January 53.32 July 34.29
February 45.42 August 35.35
March 44.54 September 21.10
April 39.70 October 9.70
May 30.74 November 10.09
June 26.70 December 9.4
Average 30.03
The daily average number of patients tr;eatedi
(30.03) shows a decrease from that for the previojus
year, which was 48.80.
The highest: and lowest numbers of patients in
hospital on any one day during 1939 were as follows:
Highest (January 6th - 8th) 59
Lowest (December 22nd-r28th) 6
33