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Acute anterior poliomyelitis. Five cases of this disease
were under treatment. Four of them were children under five years
of age, and one was a boy aged 17 years. All made some improvement,
but it was not complete, a varying amount of paralysis
remaining in each case on discharge. The left arm was the part
affected in two cases and the leg in two cases. In the fifth case
the part affected was the musculature of the right side of the neck
and face.
Other diseases. Included in this group are the following: —
Rubella, 8; mumps, II; diphtheria contacts, 2; puerperal pyrexia,
1; otorrhoea, 2; scabies, 1; septic rash, 1; meningism, 1; anaemia,
1; empyema, 1; encephalitis, 1; acute mastoid, 1; babies (with
mothers), 2; endocarditis, 2; re-admitted, 4.
One case suffering from endocarditis proved fatal. All the
others recovered.
Cross infection. During the year four patients who were
admitted in the incubation stage of chickenpox infected 13 others,
and one scarlet fever patient admitted incubating mumps
infected five others. Seventeen diphtheria patients contracted
scarlet fever, and 16 scarlet fever patients developed nasal
diphtheria during convalescence. One scarlet fever patient contracted
measles.
Gate cases. Particulars of the patients suspected to be
suffering from infectious diseases who were brought to the hospital
for diagnosis, together with particulars of the disease which
affected those patients who were admitted, are set out in Table
XI.
Staff. The medical staff of the hospital consists of one
medical superintendent and two assistant medical officers. The
nursing staff consists of one matron, one assistant matron, one
night sister, one sister-tutor, eight ward sisters, six staff nurses,
and 57 probationers. The administrative staff consists of one
steward and one clerk.
The domestic staff consists of 60 maids, three seamstresses,
and two lodge attendants. The out-door staff consists of one
engineer, eight porters, four stokers, five motor-drivers, two
gardeners, one laboratory assistant, one disinfector, and eight
other workers.
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