[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Perth City.

  • Perth (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Perth City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY HOSPITAL, EDINBURGH ROAD, PERTH. Return of Patients for the Year 1931. DISEASE. in Hospital at end of 1930. Admitted Dis- charged. Died. Remain- ing in Hospital. Age of ] Adrai Under 5 years. ’atieuts tted. Over 5 years. Scarlet Fever ... 9 59 58 13 46 Diphtheria 15 75 86 2 2 11 65 Typhoid Fever 3 3 3 Erysipelas 7 6 1 7 Puerperal Fever 3 3 3 Whooping Cough 1 1 1 Measles 12 7 ... 5 9 3 Ophth. Neon. ... 2 2 2 Phthisis ... 16 9 5 2 16 Tuberculosis 6 3 2 1 2 4 Pneumonia 1 1 1 Observation 2 1 1 ... 1 1 Total Zymotic Cases 24 187 188 12 11 40 148 The total number of admissions during the year 1931 was 188, as compared with 235 in the previous year; and the number admitted since the opening of the Hospital on 30th October, 1906, is 5168. There have thus been 47 less cases admitted than in 1930. The greatest number ever admitted in one year was 488, and this occurred in 1925, closely followed in 1924 with 471. The average monthly number admitted was 15, but there was considerable variation in the numbers throughout the year. Thus the average monthly number admitted during the first quarter of the year was 18, second quarter 16, third quarter 16, and fourth quarter 12. The greatest number admitted in any one month was 24 in the month of February, and the least number was in August and December, viz., 10.
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