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BABIES' HOSPITAL.
The Fulham Babies' Hosptial is under the control of a Voluntary Committee on which the
Borough Council is represented. The type of ease in which the hospital is mainly interested is
that in which there are nutritional difficulties, but rickets, pneumonia, bronchitis, anaemia and
certain post-operative conditions are also treated. The hospital is an invaluable adjunct to the
child welfare services at whose request the majority of the children are admitted, and has been an
important factor in reducing infant mortality. The medical staff is provided from the medical
officers of the Borough Council.
The medical statistics for 1936 were as follows: —
Cases admitted: 121.
Clinic cases 99
General Practitioners 22—this number includes 5 from other districts.
Average daily number in Hospital 12.9
Average duration of stay 38.9 days.
In Hospital January 1st nil—closed for fumigation.
In Hospital December 31st 14
Reasons for admission:
Anaemia 3 Injury to knee 1
Bronchitis 9 Indigestion 1
Broncho Pneumonia 7 Loss of weight 13
Bronchial Catarrh 13 Marasmus 10
Constipation 2 Otitis Media 2
Diarrhoea 3 Prematurity 5
Debility 5 Pleurisy 1
Dermatitis 1 Pneumonia 1
Enteritis 1 Rickets 5
For observation 7 Spina Bifida 1
For dieting 11 Septic Umbilicus 1
For weaning 1 Test feeding 8
Gastro Enteritis 1 Vomiting 6
Gastritis 1 After Tonsilectomy 1
Discharges: Deaths:
In good health 65 Broncho Pneumonia 2
Improved 24 Prematurity 3
No improvement 9 Gastro Enteritis 1
Spina Bifida 1
Total 98 Septicaemia 1
Marasmus 1
(Three of these cases were in
Hospital for less than
24 hours).
Discharged on account of infectious diseases:
Measles 2
Diphtheria 1