Annual report : 1945 / Bideford and District Hospital.

  • Bideford and District Hospital.
Date:
1945
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Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Bideford and District Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL REPORT OUT-PATIENTS. 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 Remaining on books 1st January ... 5 4 7 3 3 Admitted during year :— Out-patients and Casualties (1,508 visits) 729 527 534 515 553 One-day Operations 196 244 191 161 118 Cured or Relieved 930 775 732 679 674 X-Ray Cases 644 592 240 418 409 1,574 1,367 979 1,110 1,096 Total since opening of Hospital 51,560 49,986 48,619 47,640 46,530 IN-PATIENTS. Remaining on books 31st December, 1944 . 43 38 36 33 42 Admitted during year 903 811 644 781 773 946 849 680 814 815 Discharged :— Cured 604 512 438 505 521 Improved 149 170 120 175 159 Not improved and for exam, only 43 16 7 8 15 To be Out-patients 28 22 3 12 *■> o To other Institutions ... 28 29 32 27 36 Died 52 57 42 51 46 Remaining in at 31st December, 1945 42 43 38 36 33 Total since opening of Hospital ... 20,123 19,220 18,409 17,765 16,984 GENERAL STATISTICS 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 Number of Beds available (normal peace-time) 45 45 45 45 40 Ditto (Additional War Beds) . 20 20 20 20 20 Daily Average No. of Beds occupied. 45.23 42.68 37.16 43.73 46.31 Total Number of In-Patients. 946 849 680 814 815 Average length of stay in days (In-Patients) 18.24 18.35 19.94 19.61 20.74 Average cost per occupied bed per week . Average cost per head (Staff included) per day 80/10 80/- 74/8 57/8 50/6 for food . 1/14 1/01 1/14 1/14 1/34 Cost of administration on Income . 4.82 % 3.7S % 5 >.35 % 3.78 % 4.08% Number of Surgical Operations (In-Patients) Number of X-Ray Cases :— In-Patients, 423 ; Out-Patients, 644 ; 475 482 431 510 481 Private Patients, 102. 1,169 866 487 783 753 Physiotherapy .In-Patients . 72 57 49 53 48 Treatments. “ One-day ” Operations (Tonsils, Adenoids, 1,709 1,406 1,119 1,228 997 Teeth, &c.). 196 244 191 161 118 Out-Patients and Casualties . 729 527 534 515 553 Number of Out-Patients visits . 1,508 1,940 1,947 1,889 1,727 Accident Cases (included in In-Patients) . 59 28 92 148 110 Total number of Cases . 2,515 2,212 1,652 2,014 1,991 Deaths . 52 57 41 51 46 5.49 % 6.72 % 6.03 % 6.26 % 5.60 %