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Willesden 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden, UDC]

Published
1896
Pages
22
Tables
10

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10 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    The cost of the Hospital has been nearly £20,000.
    £s.d.
  • Page 6
    The furniture loan account contains also, viz: —
    £s.d.
  • Page 7
    TABLE No. 1. Cases under treatment:—
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Sore Throats.Influenza.Blood Poisoning.Small Pox.TOTAL.
  • Page 7
    TABLE No. 2. Wards from which the new cases were admitted:—
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Small Pox.Other Diseases.TOTAL.
  • Page 9
    TABLE No. 3. The following table distributes the deaths in the various Wards from which they came, viz.:—
    wards.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Total.
  • Page 9
    It will be seen from Table 1 that there were 35 deaths altogether, which gives an average death rate of the cases admitted during the year of 10.08 per cent., or of the actual cases under treatment of 9.6 per cent.
  • Page 11
    The amount paid on each during the year was as follows, viz.: —
    £s.d.
  • Page 11
    Continued from previous page...
    disinfecting.stablingtotal.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 14
    TABLE No. 4. The following table will give some idea of the working and cost of such Hospitals, viz.:—
    No. of beds.Patients admitted.Death rate.No. of Staff.Cost of each patient.Annual Cost.Cost per bed.
    £,s.a.£S.d.£
  • Page 17
    that payment is not enforced. The opinion is given in some answers very decidedly lhat requiring payment deters patients from going to the Hospital.