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The building and equipment were well maintained but no new works were instituted during the period under review.
The attached figures give a brief comparative statement of the work done:
1924 1923 Patients remaining in hospital from 1923 ... 521 Admissions, 336 ... Total Number of in-patients treated 9,419 10,142 9,940 10,478 Deaths 2,195 2,141 Remaining in hospital at end of 1924... 420 521 Under native treatment 4,548 4,823 Under western treatment 5,392 5,655 Males, 6,685 7,415 Females... 2,734 2,727 Bodies brought to Hospital Mortuary... 1,602 1,646 Bodies sent to the Public Mortuary, ... ... Out-patient visits-(native treatment) 149,596 124,120 Out-patient visits-(Western treatment) ... 48,140 Out-patient visits-(Eye ... 42,302 Vaccinations 3,184 4,436 Confinements... 923 ... Operations, general 8,828 ... Operations, eye 1,071 1,091 Free Burials 366 ... Destitutes sheltered 357 187The reduction in patients treated (538) is to a large extent accounted for by the fact that the hospital authorities very wisely determined to refuse admission to patients who were suffering much more from destitution and general debility than any recognized disease but decided that the cause of charity was more benefited by sending such patients to their homes at the expenses of the hospital rather than by crowding wards already filled by really sick persons.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 Chicken pox 1 3 2 0 5 Diphtheria 12 8 9 6 ... Enteric Group.. 43 36 48 15 ... Measles ... *** ... ... ... Mumps ... ... ... ... ... Plague 8 13 19 13 13 3 2 0 1 ... 0 17 464 80 72 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 30 24 22 74 61 PROBL 7 ... ... ... ...Page 27 appears to be missing, but based on the given text, the above is the corrected version.
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The building and equipment were well maintained but no new works were instituted during the period under review.
The attached figures give a brief comparative statement of the work done :
Patients remaining in hospital from 1923
Admissions,
...
Total Number of in-patients treated
1924
1923
521
336
...
...
...
9,419
10,142
9,940
10,478
Deaths
2,195
2,141
Remaining in hospital at end of 1924...
420
521
Under native treatment
4,548
4,823
Under western treatment
5,392
5,655
Males,
6,685
7,415
Females...
...
•
2,734
2,727
Bodies brought to Hospital Mortuary...
1,602
1,646
***
Bodies sent to the Public Mortuary, Ont-patient visits-(native treatment) Out-patient visits-(Western treatment) Out-patient visits-(Eye
Vaccinations
Confinements...
Operations, general
Operations, eye
Free Burials
**
Destitutes sheltered
The reduction in patients treated (538) is to a large extend accounted for by the fact that the hospital authorities very wisely determined to refuse admission to patients who were suffering much more from destitution and general debility than any recognized disease but decided that the cause of charity was more benefitted by sending such patients to their homes at the expenses of the hospital rather than by crowding wards already filled by really sick persons.
663
923
149,596
124,120
...
48,140
42,302
...
3,184
4,436
923
8,828
...
1,071
1,091
366
•
...
357
187
113
5,564
5,580
...
945
1,009
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1924 1923 1922 1921 1920
Chicken Diphtheria
pox
1
3 2
O
0
5
12
8
9
6
...
...
Enteric Group..
43
36
48
15
...
Measles
***
Mumps
Plagues
8
13
19
13 13
3
2
0
1
...
0
17
464
80
72
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 30
24
22
74
61
PROBL
7
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