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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Port of London 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: TABLE XXVI.HOSPITAL.Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance. &c.

TABLE XXVI.

HOSPITAL.

Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance. &c.

Patients remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 19136
Admitted.Discharged,Died.Remaining under treatment
Cholera0000
Cholera (suspected)0000
Bubonic Plague0000
Ditto (suspected)1100
Small-pox2200
Scarlet Fever8800
Enteric Fever302924
Continued Fever1100
Diphtheria1200
Measles9900
Erysipelas0000
Chicken-pox9405
Other Diseases0000
Totals615629
Remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 19149
Total number of days treatment during the year1,420
Average number of days treatment for each case21.19
Average daily number of patients in Hospital5.44
Average daily cost of maintenance per patient1s. 9.6d.
Average total cost of maintenance per patient£1 18s. 1.9d.