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Measles, Whooping Cough.
At the present time it is not possible to utilise any of
the existing pavilions at the Council's Hospital at Dog Lane,
for cases of these diseases on account of the inadequacy ot
the provision for isolation. It should be noted, however,
that the number of deaths from Measles and Whooping
Cough during the ten-year period 1906-1915, has been 836,
as compared with 236 deaths from Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
during the same period. The problem of hospital
provision is therefore urgent, especially as a good recovery
from Measles and Whooping Cough is mainly dependent
on skilled nursing, proper feeding and good hygenic conditions.
Abnormal or Diseased Conditions occurring in the Mother.
In connection with these conditions, it is likewise necessary
to provide hospital beds for a certain number of cases
requiring special care, constant medical supervision, or
operative treatment. The cases for which accommodation
would especially have to be provided are as follows :
1. Ante-Natal.—Complications occurring during
nancy; e.g., Persistent Vomiting, Albuminuria,
Eclampsia, Haemorrhage, Varicose Veins.
2. Natal.—The confinement of sick women; cases of
Contracted Pelvis, Eclampsia, Haemorrhage,
Placenta praevia, or any other condition involving
danger to the mother or child.
3. Post Natal.—Adherent Plaaenta, Adherent
branes, Haemorrhage Phlegmasia alba dolens
Thrombosis, Puerperal Fever, Ruptured Perineum.
Hospital Beds Available.
Excluding Measles and Whooping Cough, Pavilion
"B" can be adapted for the conditions mentioned above,
giving