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Patients discharged, 155.
Average duration of stay, 19 weeks 2 days.
Number of patient days, 18,452.
Number of beds available, 51.
Average number of beds occupied, 50.55.
Number of patients admitted during the year was the same
as in the previous year. The number of advanced cases has decreased
; the results of treatment have therefore improved. Another
welcome feature is the prolongation of the duration of stay; this
is still below the desirable period.
Artificial pneumothorax is still regularly performed in suitable
cases, the results being very beneficial.
The arrangement with the Forest Hospital Authorities, Buckhurst
Hill, for X-raying patients still works smoothly and much
assistance has been derived from the radiographs obtained therefrom.
The patients fully appreciate the efforts of the Dramatic Clubs
and Concert Parties, also the very instructive lectures given from
time to time.
REPORT UPON THE WORK AT THE BOROUGH INFECTIOUS
DISEASES HOSPITAL.
During the year 1926 the number of cases of acute infectious
disease, treated at the Borough Hospital, has shown a large increase
over the corresponding figure for last year : the patients
admitted totalled 645 as compared with 442 in the year 1925.