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Vacant beds at the Dagenham Sanatorium.
During the past few months there have been, week by week,
a dozen or more vacant beds. This is partly due to the fact that
some patients decline treatment at Dagenham and others, after
admission, remain only for a few weeks.
This attitude of patients has always been present. A more
important and entirely new fact is the decline in the total number
of cases examined at the Dispensary during the year. The actual
number of definite cases of all forms of Tuberculosis was 328;
in other years this figure has never been less than 400; in 1925
there were 629 such cases.
DACENHAM SANATORIUM
AND LANCDON HILL SANATORIUM FOR CHILDREN.
Dagenham Sanatorium.
The Medical Superintendent (Dr. G. M. Mayberry) reports
as follows:—
At the end of 1933 the number of patients remaining under
treatment were
Males 72
Females 47 119
The total admissions during 1934 were:—
Males 147
Females 86 233
The total number of deaths was:—
Males 43
Females 18 61
Discharges during the year totalled:—
Males 117
Females 75 192
Leaving under treatment at the 31st December, 1934:—
Males 59
Females 40 99*
* Including 18 Non-Insured persons.
Insured persons admitted during the year totalled 188, the
remaining 45 being Non-Insured.
Thirty-eight Ex-servicemen were admitted to the Sanatorium
during the same period.
The Death Rate (calculated on admissions) was 26.18%.
In the case of Males the percentage was '29.94, and in the
case of Females 20.93.
The Average Duration of Residence (both sexes) was 190.03
days. The average for Males was 192.79 days, and for Females
185.73 days.
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