The annual report of the St. Andrew's Hospital, Thorpe, Norwich for the year 1945 and statement of accounts for the year ending 31st March, 1946.

  • St. Andrew's Hospital (Thorpe, England)
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[1946?]
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Credit: The annual report of the St. Andrew's Hospital, Thorpe, Norwich for the year 1945 and statement of accounts for the year ending 31st March, 1946. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Laboratory. There is an increasing need for Psychotherapy on a much more extensive scale, since, for a large number of Voluntary cases this is the method of choice. The fuller use of this method, however, also requires additional medical staff. A summary of the work done in this department is given below. This shows that two-thirds of the examinations done were for the Emergency Hospital Section and only the most essential work has been possible. Blood : Counts of red and white corpuscles 911; Estimations of haemoglobin 318; Agglutinations of enteric-dysentry food poisoning organisms 390, Kahn precipitation tests 350; Sugar estimations 118; Urea estimations 34; Groupings and matchings 58; Bleeding and coagulation time, reticulocyte and platelet counts, sedimentation rate, fragility of red corpuscles, etc., 365; search for malarial parasites 113; Corpuscular volume 167; other examinations 252. CerEbro-Spinal Fluid : Culture for organisms 21; Cytological and micro¬ scopical examinations 91; Chemical examinations 97; Kahn tests 19; Eange Goldsol curves 20; other examinations 1. Throat Swabs, etc. : Microscopical and cultural examinations 290. F/eces : Cultural examinations 510; Microscopical examinations 192; Chemical examinations 93; Presence of worms 17; estimation of fat content 3. Gastric Juice : Estimations of acids 440; Chemical examinations 1265; Other examinations 10. Sputum: Microscopical examinations for T.B., etc., 420. Pus and Other Body Fluids : Cultural and microscopical examinations 187. Urine : Cultural examinations 36; Microscopical examinations 437; Sugar estimations 153; Urea estimations 11; Chemical examinations 2334. Water : Bacterial examinations 19. Miscellaneous : Including Glucose tolerance tests, vaccines, sections, examinations of hairs, etc., 121. Examinations performed ... 3237 Mental ,, ... 6628 E.H.S. 9865 Total Den*al Mr. G. Sambrooke Sturgess, E.D.S., pays weekly visits to the Hospital and ueparimeni. deals with cases submitted for treatment The following is a list of the work undertaken in this section : — Patients Staff M. F. T. Number of cases examined ... 16 177 202 395 y y ) > ,, treated ... 14 137 133 284 y y yy Extractions, E.A. .. 17 188 84 289 y y y y Extractions G.A. .. — 23 — 23 >» > > Admins. G.A. .. — 1 — 1 yy y y S. & P. .. — 3 8 11 y y y y Dentures 4 12 5 21
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