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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
Only 199 patients were admitted during 1925, as compared
with 242 in 1924, 314 in 1923, and 411 in 1922.
94.4 per cent. of the cases of Diphtheria occurring in the district
and 78.7 per cent. of Scarlet Fever were admitted to the Hospital.
Owing to the delay in completing the extensions, one 27bedded
ward could not be used during the autumn and winter
months. This necessitated limiting the number of admissions to
the hospital, and on 10th October, 1925, I sent a letter to the local
doctors asking them not to recommend cases of Scarlet Fever for
removal to the Hospital in which there was any doubt as to the
diagnosis, or cases which could be satisfactorily nursed at home.
Total number of patients admitted during 1925—199—as
follows:—
Scarlet Fever 111
Diphtheria 51
Tuberculous Diseases 28
Enteric Fever 2
Puerperal Fever 1
Under observation 6
Number of deaths in hospital, 4:—
Tuberculous Diseases 3
Pneumococcal Meningitis 1
Number of patients in hospital on 1st January, 1925, and 1926,
respectively:—
1st Jan., 1st Jan.,
1925. 1926.
Scarlet Fever 24 17
Diphtheria 10 14
Tuberculous Diseases 19 19
The average length of stay in Hospital was for:—
Scarlet Fever 49.6 days.
Diphtheria 53.9 days.
Tuberculous Diseases 179.3 days.
Average stay in hospital of all
cases 58.5 days.
The above averages are based on cases that completed their
stay in Hospital during the year.