Report of the Board of Managers of the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia to the contributors at their annual meeting held January 1st, 1878 : together with an abstract of the cases and accounts of the Treasurer and the Superintendent.

  • Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Report of the Board of Managers of the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia to the contributors at their annual meeting held January 1st, 1878 : together with an abstract of the cases and accounts of the Treasurer and the Superintendent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 1877. —— SUMMARY. During the year, twelve hundred and eighty-two (1282) patients have been admitted. At the date of last report, one hundred and five (105) patients were in the Hospital; making the total number treated during the year, thirteen hundred and eighty-seven (1387). Of these twelve hundred and seventy-nine (1279) were discharged; 800 being cured, 389 im- proved, 19 unimproved, and 72 having died, leaving 108 under treatment, of whom 57 were medical and 51 surgical, or seventy-three (73) men, thirty-one (31) women and four (4) children, in the wards at the end of year. There have been twelve thousand two hun- dred and twenty-nine (12,229) dispensary patients prescribed for during the year. Of this number, eight thousand two hundred and eighteen (8,218) were medical, and four thousand and eleven (4,011) were surgical cases, making an increase of 1,175 cases over those of the previous year. Average daily number of free patients in the llospital, 109. “ “ pay “ “ “ 10. “ “ patients in the Hospital, 119. “ duration under treatment, 33 days. “ daily number patients treated in Dispensary, S5. “ “ jirescri]rtions in the Dispensary, 70. Total number of visits made by old and new patients to Di.spensary during the year, 25,163. Cost of each patient, including medicines, to Dispensary, 332.54. Daily cost of maintaining each patient, 95c.