Annual report of the Mendip Hospital Management Committee : 1948.

  • Mendip Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
1948
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Credit: Annual report of the Mendip Hospital Management Committee : 1948. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT® for the year 1948 Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the report of the Medical Superintendent for the year 1948. CHANGES IN POPULATION I have to report that the number of patients in the Hospital on the 1st January was 824 and on the 31st December, 861, showing an increase of 37 during the year. The movement of the population during the year shows that admissions numbered 237, discharges 135 and deaths 56. ADMISSIONS An analysis of the admissions shows that 49 men and 45 women were admitted on a voluntary basis and that 18 per cent of the men and 12 per cent of the women admitted were over the age of 70 years. DISCHARGES An analysis of the discharges shows that 58 men and 77 women (57 per cent) were discharged. Of this number one-third or approxi¬ mately 20 per cent were considered to have completely recovered. DEATHS An analysis of the deaths shows that 29 men and 27 women (approxi¬ mately 7 per cent) died during the year. The main causes of death were : Senility (6 men and 12 women) ; Heart Disease (7 men and 9 women) ; Tuberculosis of the Lungs (5 men and 1 woman). The remainder of the deaths were due to a variety of causes. The death rate is calculated on the average number resident and the discharge rate on the number of the admissions. GENERAL HEALTH The general health of the patients and Staff has been good during the year and the Hospital has been free from infectious diseases, apart from Tuberculosis—with regard to which the fear expressed in my last annual report I am glad to say has not been realised. There are no active cases amongst the female patients and amongst the male patients there are four people who are suffering from a chronic form of tuberculosis. TREATMENT OF PATIENTS The treatment of the patients has continued to receive the careful and conscientious attention of the Medical and Nursing Staffs. The medical treatment and nursing of the physical illnesses of the patients
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