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Admissions.
During the year 1937, 2,127 patients, including 876
infants born in the hospital, were admitted, 1,997 were discharged,
and 94 died. On December 31st, 1937, the number of patients in
residence was 793 (including 62 infants under 3 years of age). Of
the admissions, 56 were adult males, 1,146 adult females, and 49
children. Of the adult males admitted, 56 were mental defectives
or epileptics. Of the adult females admitted, 68 were chronic sick,
47 mental defectives or epileptics, 24 nursing mothers, and 1,007
maternity cases. Of the children, 24 were admitted with nursing
mothers, and 25 were mental defectives or epileptics.
These figures show an increase of 167 admissions over the
corresponding figures for 1936, viz., 1,084.
Table XII gives the number of admissions and an analysis
of the routes by which they entered the hospital.

Diseases treated.
Table XIII gives in tabular form a classification by disease
groups of the diseases for which patients were discharged from
or died in the hospital during the year.