Annual report : 1928/29 / King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst.

  • King Edward VII Sanatorium (Midhurst, England)
Date:
1929
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Credit: Annual report : 1928/29 / King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MIDHURST Uwent\> = tbu*b Htinual IReport JULY 1928 to JULY 1929 DURING the period June 30th, 1928, to June 30th, 1929, 295 patients were admitted to the Sanatorium. Of these, 47 were re-admissions and 53 remained for a period of less than nine weeks, and are therefore not considered in after-history records. During the same period, 187 patients were discharged and were grouped as follows, according to the condition on admission :— Group I .. Group II .. Group III .. Group IV .. 45 105 21 16 The number of applications was greater than in the corre¬ sponding period of the last Report, namely, 605 as against 578, and the average waiting list has been higher—between 13 and 14 for men (as against 12 and 13), and 10 and 11 for women (as against 9 and 10). 141 applicants were examined by the Medical Superintendent; 114 (80-8 per cent.) were accepted and 27 (19-2 per cent.) were rejected. The number of cases in Groups I and II total 150 as against 138 in the previous year ; while those in Group III number only 21 as against 40. The investigation of the after-history of pneumothorax has been carried on, and 83 cases are now reported on.