[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LODGE MOOR HOSPITAL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. By J. M. Kennedy, m.b., ch.b., d.p.h.. Medical Superintendent. At 31st December, 1942, Lodge Moor Hospital had a normal accommodation of 508 beds, for the treatment of Infectious Diseases. The table below gives a classification of the cases of infectious and other diseases treated in 1942 and certain particulars regarding deaths. Imported cases, to which there is reference in the table, are cases admitted from outside the City by arrangement with the local authorities of neighbouring areas. A daily charge is made in respect of the maintenance of these patients. TABLE X.—Classification of Cases and Mortality in Cases Treated to a Conclusion during the year 1942. Disease Remain¬ ing in Jan. 1st, 1942 Admiss¬ ions during year Admiss¬ ions as classified after re- diagnoses Total under Treat¬ ment during year Remain¬ ing in Dec. 31st, 1942 Com¬ pleted Cases Deaths Mortality per cent of cases treated to a conclusion Lodge Moor Hospital. Scarlet Fever 50 1,586 1,436 1,486 141 1,345 1 0-071 • 0-07 Do. Imported — 2 1 1 — 1 — —J Diphtheria ... 235 1,519 1,122 1,357 158 1,199 33 2-75] . 2-75 Do. Imported — — — — — — — —J Enteric Fever — 8 1 1 — 1 — Do. Imported — — — — — — — — Pneumonia ... 13 208 244 257 6 251 21 8-36' \ 8-24 Do. Imported 1 — 3 4 — 4 — - I Measles — 140 162 162 19 143 3 2-10< ■ 2-10 Do. Imported — — — — — — — — Cerebro-spinal Fever 5 185 61 66 2 64 8 12-501 .10-98 Do. Imported 2 35 18 20 2 18 1 5-56 J Meningitis (other than C.S.F.) . i — 22 23 2 21 14 66-661 .73-08 Do. Imported — — 5 5 — 5 5 100-00j Acute Poliomyelitis — .1 — — — — — — Do. Imported — — — — — — — — Encephalitis Lethar- gica — — — — — — — — Chicken Pox — 17 25 25 — 25 — — Erysipelas 3 87 63 66 2 64 — — Do. Imported — — — — — — — — Whooping Cough 2 31 25 27 i 26 i 3- 85 Dysentery i 73 40 41 2 39 — — Do. Imported — — — — — — — — Combined Infectious Diseases ... i 33 17 18 — 18 i 5-56' > 5 • 56- Do. Imported — — — — — — — Miscellaneous Diseases 31 72 742 773 35 738 20 2- 71< > 2-81 Do. Imported — — 10 10 — 10 1 10-00 Radium Cases — 8 8 8 — 8 2 25-00^ > 6-72 Do. Imported 5 109 109 114 3 111 6 5 * 46 j Service Cases (Infectious) 5 112 112 117 5 112 — — Totals 355 4,226 4,226 4,581 378 4,203 117 2-78 Scarlet Fever.—There were 1,588 cases of Scarlet Fever admitted to the hospital in the year 1942 and there was one death. Admissions in the year 1941 were 602 and there were no deaths. Particulars are given below of the various complications amongst the Scarlet Fever cases treated during the year 1942. As regards each form of complication the percentage figures are proportions of the total number of Scarlet Fever cases treated in the hospital in the year :— Rheumatism Endocarditis Adenitis ... Otitis Media Nephritis Suppurative Adenitis (percent) 0-84 „ 0-84 „ 0*58 „ 0-25 „ 0-25 0.08