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Pneumonia & whooping cough 1
(Tottenham patient aged 6 months)
Pneumonia, measles & septicaemia 1
(Southgate patient aged 3)
These 5 fatal cases give a mortality rate of
1.3% of the total cases treated, as compared with
0.6% in 1939, a figure which Was exceptionally low.
OPERATIONS. No major operations were carried out
during 1940. One minor operation for redraining an
old mastoid infection was performed.
NUMBERS IN HOSPITAL. The daily average of patients
treated in hospital during each month of 1940 was as
follows:
January 9.32 July 15.16
February 29.79 August 15.74
March 19.36 September 17.63
April 10.96 October 17.58
May 11.19 November 16.63
June 13.50 December 26.87
Average 16.98
The daily average number of patients treated
(16.98) shows a decrease from that for the previous
year, which was 30.03.
The highest and lowest numbers of patients in
hospital on any one day during 1940 were as follows:
Highest (February llth) 43
Lowest (January 19th ) 6
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