Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

  • Cape Town (South Africa). City Health Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Council, <£17,466 by tlie City Council, £120 bv the Simonstown Municipality, and £41 by the Durbanville Municipality. The contribution of tlie City Council included £750 towards the maintenance of ambulances. The patients treated by the hospitals and other services controlled by the Board are drawn from districts without as well as within the City of Capetown, and the extent of the work indicated by the following tables, extracted from the Annual Report of the Boar< for the year 1933-34. is Comparative Table of Beds Available and In-Patients Treated. QQ — Patients ® rH Remaining in Hospital at 31st December, 1933. Percentages Institution. O 'o £ Is 1 • pH s o £ 1 Remaining i Hospital at! December, 1 Admitted during 1933 Total under Treatment. Discharged during 1933. Died during CO CO QJ eb C <s Oh A CQ 0Q C3 J> TJ -g © E. C. E. C. E. C. E. C. E. c. E. C. -ta o fH 0) tH to 3 to b § co r-1 to 3 Somerset Hos... 308 151 132 2,911 2,393 3,062 2,525 2,761 2,205 152 187 149 133 5,587 76-96 n so 11 -74 Woodstock Hospital 64 38 23 880 495 918 518 828 440 49 53 41 25 1,436 69-96 11 -77 28-27 Rondebosch and Mowbray Hos. 64 31 20 601 273 632 293 567 256 32 19 33 18 925 45 -73 20-11 34 -16 Wynberg (Vic- toria) Hospital 105 36 58 919 1,040 955 1,098 890 970 34 70 31 58 2,053 65 -32 14-86 19 -82 False Bay Hos- pital . . 28 11 12 286 277 297 289 275 259 10 20 12 10 586 62 -28 20 -14 17 -58 Peninsula Mater- nity Hospital 32 9 17 390 591 399 60S 390 581 2 13 7 14 1,007 6 -85 91 -66 1 -49 Lady Michaelis Home 20 44 16 44 16 25 12 • • 19 4 60 50-00 48-33 1-67 Totals 611 276 262 6,031 5,085 6,307 5,347 5,736 4,723 279 362 292 262 11,654 63 -40 20 -26 16 -34 Eaton Conva¬ lescent Home.. 66 26 14 473 425 499 439 482 411 17 28 938 89-12 10 -77 0-11 McGregor Conva- lescent Home. . 28 28 . • 463 . . 491 461 30 491 74 -75 25-25 Princess Alice Home 45 11 18 42 34 53 52 26 22 1 .. 26 30 105 74-29 25-71 Totals 129 65 32 978 459 1,043 491 969 433 1 73 58i 1,534 83 -51 16-43 0-06 E. signifies European. C. signifies Coloured. Table of Daily Units, Daily Average of Patients, and Daily Average Cost of Patients compared with 1932. Institution. Total Number of Daily Units. 1 1 Daily Average Number of In-Patients. Average Daily Cost per In-Patient. In-Patients. Out-Patients (Attendances). 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 S. d. s. d. 1. Somerset Hospital . . 109,614 107,611 52,632 48,423 300 -31 294-02 10 2 -52 10 6-22 2. Woodstock Hospital 23,981 23,662 20,663 20,553 65 -70 64-65 8 4-14 8 3 -47 3. Rondebosch & Mowbray Hos. 18,013 19,008 1,308 887 49 -35 51 -93 8 2 -22 7 4-27 4. Wynberg (Victoria) Hospital 37,190 37,210 6,123 6,959 101 -90 ! 101-67 7 0 -45 6 9-37 5. False Bay Hospital. . 9,518 9,028 3,489 1,937 26 -07 24-67 8 2 -26 8 7-91 6. Peninsula Maternity Hospital 9,714 9,708 7,465 2,100 26 -61 26-52 11 10 -29 12 3-19 7. Lady Michaelis Orthopaedic Home 5,924 17-74 7 11-69 8. Eaton Convalescent Home. . 17,750 16,432 , , 48 -63 44 -90 3 7 -22 3 8 -75 9. McGregor Convalescent Home 9,673 9.532 . . 26-50 26-04 4 2 -08 3 11-03 10. Princess Alice Home of Re- - covery 14,845 40 -67 4 4-10 11. Cape Town Free Dispensary • . . . 56,956 54,423 12. C.H.B. District Nursing Or- ganisation .. .. • * 104,340 96,669 • • I -•