Annual report : 1934 / Salisbury General Infirmary.

  • General Infirmary
Date:
1934
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Credit: Annual report : 1934 / Salisbury General Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Last year the number of operations performed in the In-Patient Depart¬ ment was 995 and in the Out-Patient Department 565. In t^^Maternity Department 55 Patients were admitted for Ante-Natal treatment prior to their confinement. 356 confinements took place in the Maternity Ward, 337 live babies being born. In the Ante-Natal Department there were 393 New Cases this year’ who were kept under observation until the time of their confinement. In the Salisbury Maternity District 85 confinement cases were attended this year and nursed in their own homes by midwives from the Infirmary. At least 13 visits were made in each case. These cases all did well. This is the fifth year in which this Maternity District Service has been working, and 445 cases have been confined during that time. Nurses for Maternity Cases at a fee of 30s. can be booked at any time by applying at the Infirmary. THE OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT. In 1934 there were 9213 new cases, who made 26,911 subsequent attend¬ ances, as compared with 7647 new cases, who made 23.748 subsequent attendances in the previous year. The figures for the individual Department are as below :— Medical and Surgical Casualties— New Cases, 3190. Subsequent attendances, 8104. Medical Out-Patients— New Cases, 296. Subsequent attendances, 1276. Surgical Out-Patients— New Cases, 506. Subsequent attendances, 210. X-Ray Department— Number of X-Ray Examinations, 1620. X-Ray treatment. 21 Patients received 118 treatments. Ultra Violet Ray treatment. 40 Patients received 418 treatments. Electrical and Massage Departments— 336 Patients, of which 268 were new, received 6551 treatments. Ear, Nose and Throat Departments— New Patients, 328. Subsequent attendances, 710. Cases seen at the County Council Clinic : New Patients, 24. Subsequent attendances, 312. 358 cases were admitted to the Ear, Nose and Throat Ward. 252 cases of Tonsils and Adenoids were operated on, of which 97 were on behalf of the County Council and School Authorities.
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