[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY GENERAL HOSPITALS. The statistics relating to the work of Dudley Road and Selly Oak Hospitals and Selly Oak Infirmary are given below:— (a) In-patients. Dudley Road Selly Oak Selly Oak Hospital Hospital Infirmary Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital) 14,179 10,397 2,695 Number of women confined in hospital 1,158 783 — Number of live births 1,125 754 — Number of stillbirths 65 40 — Number of deaths among the newly born (under 4 weeks) 65 22 — Number of maternal deaths (confined in hospital) 7 3 — Total number of deaths 1,217 649 764 Total number of discharges (including infants born in hospital) 12,993 9,706 1,911 (b) Out-patients. Number of persons seen in out-patient department 33,068 13,427 ] Run in con- Total number of attendances 133,319 76,679 junction Number of women seen at ante-natal clinic 1,092 777 with Total attendances 3,204 2,846 Hospital (c) Classification of In-patients Discharged or Died. («) Acute infectious diseases 268 23 6 (b) Influenza 55 7 — (c) Tuberculosis : Pulmonary 123 34 6 Non-pulmonary 44 21 12 id) Malignant disease 345 175 174 (e) Rheumatism : (1) Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever), together with sub-acute rheumatism and chorea 419 146 67 (2) Non-articular manifestations of so-called “ rheuma- tism ” (muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, lumbago. and sciatica) 160 37 7 (3) Chronic arthritis 49 66 44 if) Venereal disease 28 2 5 (g) Puerperal pyrexia 16 — — (h) Puerperal fever 15 — — (i) Other diseases and accidents connected with child-bearing 1,019 545 — U) Mental diseases 54 4 3 (k) Senile decay 4 10 84 (1) Violence 1,810 1,380 89 In respect of cases not included above :— (w) Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 306 216 190 (n) ,, ,, respiratory system 1,741 720 481 (0) ,, ,, circulatory system 620 404 470 (P) ,, ,, digestive system 2,851 2,789 375 (9) ,, ,, genito-urinary 892 825 120 (r) „ „ skin 538 467 115 (s) Other diseases 465 928 287 (0 Maternity cases (mothers and babies) 2,317 1,503 54 M Any persons not falling under above headings 71 53 86