Annual report of Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease : 1942.

  • Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease (London, England)
Date:
1942
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Credit: Annual report of Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease : 1942. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Return Showing the Results of Observation of Doubtfully Tuberculous Cases Discharged During the Year 1942 Diagnosis on Discharge from Observation Stay under 4 weeks Stay over 4 weeks Total Tuberculous ... — — — Non-Tuberculous — 1 1 Doubtful — — — Total 1 Notes on the Above Tables In the first of the above tables, it is recorded that one patient left with his tuberculous disease “ not quiescent.’’ This patient was, in fact, transferred to a general hospital not long after his admission to the Alexandra Hospital for the treatment of an inter- current condition, afterwards returning to the Alexandra Hospital. One of the patients recorded as having been discharged with his disease “ quiescent or arrested ” was that of a boy temporarily transferred elsewhere for surgical operation. This patient also was received back at the Alexandra Hospital. The patient who died in hospital was a case of long-standing knee-joint tuberculosis with abdominal tuberculosis. In the second of the above tables the case admitted for diagnosis, and diagnosed as being Non-Tuberculous, was that of a patient with old cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis and a spinal deformity, who came in as a possible case of spinal tuberculosis. This latter diagnosis was not confirmed. In the following list the cases of bone and joint tuberculosis treated to a conclusion of their stay in the Alexandra Hospital during the year are classified according to the parts affected. They include the three patients mentioned in the above notes :— Spinal column ... ... ... 7 cases Spinal column and hip joint ... 1 case Hip-joint ... ... ... ... 3 cases Knee-joint ... ... ... 4 cases A total of 15 cases Non-Tuberculous ( Orthopedic ”) Cases It is mentioned above that there were twenty-seven cases coming under this heading as having been “ discharged ” during the year. In 11 of these cases, however, the discharge ” was, in fact, transfer elsewhere for operative treatment ; and in each of these cases the patient returned to the Alexandra Hospital for continuation of treatment. Sixteen patients, therefore, were discharged to their homes at the conclusion of treatment during