Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1930]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Abortion._During the year 887 patients were treated for abortion. The admissions for this condition have increased of late years at a startling rate, as indicated by the following figures, which show the ratio of abortion cases to all female cases treated in successive years 1921-1930, inclusive :— Year. Total females treated. Abortions. Percentage. Year. Total females treated. Abortions. Percentage. 1921 3,210 237 7-33 1926 5,550 620 li-i 1922 3,426 354 10-3 1927 5,759 581 10-0 1923 4,289 381 8-8 1928 5,302 572 10-7 1924 4,325 436 100 1929 5,575 755 13-5 1925 4,602 497 10-8 1930 6,090 887 14-5 3. Expenditure.—Table IX gives a detailed statement of the working expenses for 1929 and 1930, from which it will be seen that the total expenditure decreased from £127,721 53. Id. in 1929 to £123,056 19s. 7d. in 1930, and the average cost per occupied bed decreased from £172 11s. lOd. to £162 6s. lOJd. Instruction by lectures and demonstrations was, as usual, given to the Nurses by the Medical Stafi and Matron; and in invalid cookery by a specially engaged teacher (Miss Shepherd), as in former years. Examinations were held in accordance with regulations, and nurses passed as follows:— First-year examination ... ... ... ... . ... ... 46 Second-year ,, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 Third-year 42 Fourth-year 45 During the year 45 certificated nurses left the hospital to take up private nursing, or to take positions in other hospitals. In addition to 1 hese, 5 Coast Hospital nurses passed the N.B.B. Obstetric Examination, after having the necessary training at Montrose Hospital, whilst 39 nurses passed the Nurses Registration Board Examination in General Nursing. Sick leave was granted to 112 nurses, amounting in the aggregate to 2,635 days. Of these nurses some were ill on more than one occasion, there being 153 cases of illness altogether. Of the sick nurses 3 had diphtheria, 83 days; 13 had scarlet fever, 709 days. All the nurses recovered satisfactorily. 5. Laboratory.—The following Table summarises the work done in the hospital laboratory month by month. In all, 13.408 cultures wrere examined for diphtheria. The practice was continued of accepting no diphtheria culture as negative unless found so after forty-eight hours’ incubation. 1930. Jan. Feb. Mar. , April, j May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total; Cultures examined for diph¬ theria— 1. After 12-24 hours’ incuba tion . 1,038 806 1,045 1 ] 1,309 1,195 1,160 1,230 1,255 1,178 1,130 1,060 1,002 13,408 2. Negative after 12-24 hours’ incubation, and re¬ examined after 48 hours... 815 676 795 1,080 985 911 1,012 1,021 939 964 810 820 10,828 3. Positive for diphtheria al second examination. 41 28 11 38 18 21 36 13 20 20 12 16 274 4. Percentage of positives ir. second examination. 5-03 4-14 1-38 3-52 1-83 2‘31 356 1-27 2-13 207 1-48 1-95 2-53 Blood—Full counts. 21 28 22 30 36 29 28 28 33 29 19 18 321 Leucocyte counts ... 42 39 44 41 45 40 73 84 73 56 97 77 711 Parasites, &c. 3 6 5 2 3 1 2 4 1 1 7 3 38 Cultures . 7 11 18 7 3 7 10 6 13 9 8 14 113 Widals. 10 13 14 11 11 5 8 13 13 7 11 47 163 Fluids—Cerebro-spinal . 14 6 3 6 14 7 11 8 15 18 12 10 124 Body fluids .. 13 11 7 7 2 5 9 4 7 8 9 11 93 Faeces. 3 13 4 6 3 2 16 4 3 6 4 11 75 Pus—For organisms, &c. ... 104 48 39 46 52 48 38 70 46 96 91 76 754 Smears—Gonococci. 114 96 83 83 80 62 83 45 64 85 74 85 954 Leprosy . ... • •• • •• 1 l ... • • • 4 • • • • •• ... 6 Diphtheria and Vin cent’s Angina ... 4 6 1 9 7 10 9 5 5 4 60 Sp. pallidum .. 7 7 9 3 2 5 6 4 2 5 3 53 Hairs and Scales for fungi ... 1 2 1 ... ... 2 • • • 2 1 9 Sputum for T.B. 113 77 41 87 114 129 161 141 125 139 122 172 1,421 Urines—Bacteriological . 4 1 • • • 1 1 ... ... ... # . • ... 3 hi Bacteriological am pus, &c. 35 56 31 25 26 25 21 32 28 46 1 4 330 Deposits only . 21 27 66 33 70 50 51 56 61 50 96 92 673 Chemical . 11 7 2 19 8 6 6 2 ... 2 8 2 73 Vaccines prepared . 3 5 4 5 1 1 2 . 7 1 4 3 36 Blood—Sugar . Typing for trans fusion . 125 127 113 88 204 142 172 118 183 174 160 152 1,758 9 3 9 4 2 28 22 26 18 26 4 5 156 Totals . 2,514 2,063 2,362 2,893 2,862 2,673 2,963 2,935 2,824 2,856 2,607 2,615 32,167](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485212_0138.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
