Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 52.
Number of beds | 21 | |
(1) (i.) Number of cases in hospital on the 1st January, 1924 | 9 | |
(ii.) Number of cases admitted during the year | 100 | |
(iii.) Number remaining in on the 31st December | 13 | |
(2) Average duration of stay | 40 days | |
(3) Reasons for admission:— | ||
Malnutrition, Marasmus and Debility | 51 | |
Vomiting, Dyspepsia and Constipation | 12 | |
Bronchitis | 11 | |
Rickets | 7 | |
Diarrhoea | 6 | |
Pneumonia | 2 | |
Miscellaneous | 11 | |
100 | ||
(4) Number of cases discharged:— | ||
(a) In good health | 61 | |
(b) Improved | 16 | |
(c) No improvement | 10 | |
87 | ||
(5) Number of cases of infectious disease:— | ||
(a) Measles | 1 | |
(b) Whooping Cough | — | |
(c) Epidemic Diarrhoea | — | |
(d) Other infectious conditions | — | |
(6) Number of deaths | 9 | |
(4) Fever. Nil. | ||
(5) Smallpox. Nil. | ||
(6) Other. |