[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough.

  • Hastings (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    YEAR’S WORK IN THE BOROUGH SANATORIUM, 1921. Disease. Number in Hospital Jan. ist, 1921. Admitted during Year. Died. Discharged Remaining in Hospital Dec. 31st, 1921. Scarlatina 8 91 1 89 9 Diphtheria 4 32 2 31 3 Enteric 8 1 — 9 — Cerebro-Spinal Fever ... — 1 1 — — Measles — 1 — 1 — Observation — O u — 2 — Total of Fever Cases 20 128 4 132 12 Tuberculosis 14 25 3 26 10 Grand Total 34 153 7 158 22 Of the Tuberculosis cases, 15 were Borough patients, and 10 East Sussex County Council, and of the Fever cases, 1 of Enteric, 15 of Scarlet Fever, and 4 of Diptheria were patients residing outside the Borough. The two observation cases proved to be non-infectious. Small-Pox. The accommodation for Small-Pox is provided at Brede which is outside the Borough. It is always kept in readiness for the reception of patients but its accommodation was not required in 1921. A number of beds are retained by neighbour- ing Sanitary Authorities, so that it is practically the Small-Pox Hospital for the Eastern portion of East Sussex.