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January 37.67
February 38.03
March 35.87
April 30.73
May 25.96
June 24.6
July 17.96
August 19.51
September 25.93
October 22.19
November 21.46
December 20.42
Average 26.69
The daily average number of patients treated
(26.69) shows a substantial increase from that for
the previous year, which was 16.98.
The highest and lowest numbers of patients in
hospital on any one day during 1941 were as follows:
Highest (February 5th) 42
Lowest (July 19th & 20th) 13
GENERAL.
As will be seen from the total number of
deaths which occurred in the Hospital during the
year, the type of case admitted was more severe
than during the previous year. This was due
almost entirely to the fact that 1941 was a measles
and whooping cough epidemic year, which meant that
a very high proportion of pneumonia cases, many of
them in extremis, were admitted. Apart from this
type of patient, the severity of the cases admitted
to hospital was not marked. The complication rate
was low, the vast majority of the patients admitted
making an uncomplicated recovery.
As in the previous year, the fact that some
13,000 Civil Defence personnel blankets, pillow slips,
towels, etc. are being sent to the Isolation Hospital
for cleansing has increased the strain on the
hospital staff.
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