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Administration.
(A) Cross-Infection.
No case of cross-infection occurred during the year.
The Cubicle Block has continued to be of the utmost service
in avoiding cross-infection. The number of patients under treatment
in this Block during 1938 was 47, 3 of whom were admitted
during 1937 and were still under treatment at the beginning of 1938.
The nature of the 44 cases admitted to the Cubicle Block during
the year, excluding staff, is given below:—
Scarlet Fever (complicated or doubtful) 20
Diphtheria (complicated or doubtful) 1
Measles 9
Rubella 1
Whooping Cough 5
Chicken-pox 3
Mumps 1
Influenzal Pneumonia 1
Septic Throat—sent in as Diphtheria 1
Pneumonia—sent in as Enteric Fever 1 3
Cellulitis of leg—sent in as Erysipelas 1
Total 44
All the above-mentioned 44 cases were admitted direct to the
Cubicle Block.
Forty of the 44 cases were retained in the Cubicles until their
discharge. One patient was transferred to the Convalescent Scarlet
Fever Ward and 3 patients died.
(B) Incidence of Infectious Disease amongst the Staff.
I am pleased to state that none of the members of the staff contracted
any infectious disease during the year.
(C) Accommodation for Staff.
The accommodation for staff is quite satisfactory.
(D) Accommodation for Patients.
The accommodation for patients has been fully reviewed in
previous Annual Reports. It is provided in six Ward Blocks. There
are two Blocks for scarlet-fever patients and two for diphtheria patients,
enabling acute cases and convalescent cases to be isolated in separate
Blocks in the case of each of these two diseases. A Cubicle Block
provides for the isolation and treatment of doubtful cases, cases with
double infections and patients suffering from diseases other than scarlet
fever and diphtheria. The remaining block is available for cases of
infectious disease other than scarlet fever or diphtheria when prevalent.
The accommodation provided is adequate for the needs of the area.