[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.

  • West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOSPITAL SERVICES HALLAM HOSPITAL—REPORX OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. During the year 1947 : — 6,161 patients were admitted to the Hospital and 2,477 operations were performed. 1,019 births took place in the Maternity Department. The average bed occupation was 339, and the total number of patient days was 118,772. Out-patient attendances numbered 34,212. Patients were admitted from the following areas :— County Borough of West Bromwich ... 3,884 Borough of Oldbury ... ... ... 1,211 Other Authorities ... ... ... ... 936 Emergency Medical Service ... ... 130 Total ... 6,161 • _ Clinical Work. On pages 23 to 33 is a statistical analysis of all medical, surgical and obstetrical cases admitted during the year. Collection of this information requires a considerable expenditure of medical and lay clerical labour, and although this annual record has been continually kept since 1935, it has not been possible to publish it in recent years on account of paper shortage. It is unquestionably the most important part of a hospital annual report, for it is a survey not only of the variety, but the quality of the work done, and, through criticism and reflection, leads to improvement and progress. Medical Staff. In February, Dr. H. Everley Jones of St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, and the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, was appointed to the specialist staff as Paediatrician, with charge of the Children’s Department and premature babies. At the same time, Dr. D. C. Oakley of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, and the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, was appointed as Dermatologist with charge of all cases of diseases of the skin. Both of these appointments have been of the greatest value and have augmented the range and resources of the clinical departments. Post Graduate Medicine. The Hospital received the honour of recognition by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as providing the requisite training and experience for its higher qualifications of Diploma and Membership. Similar recognition was accorded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for its Fellowship some six years ago. Pathological Department. In the year, some 12,182 examinations were carried out and reports furnished, and is a considerable increase on previous years.