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BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
The Table gives a summary of all cases treated at the
Hospital during 1934. 1,756 patients were admitted and discharged
during the year, whilst, including patients in at the
commencement of 1934 (132), 1,888 cases were dealt with. Fortysix
died, giving a case mortality for the whole Hospital of 2.5%,
a decrease of 0.6% on 1933.
The average number of days of each patient in Hospital for
all classes of patients was 28.5, as against 31.2 in 1933.
Penge Urban District Council has an agreement with the
Corporation to send their cases to Hospital. During 1934 a total
of 91 cases was admitted; these are included in the Table.
The Hospital is a recognised Training School for Fever
Nurses. During the year three probationers passed the preliminary
and one the final examination of the General Nursing
Council.
The accommodation in the Hospital remains as in 1933, but
owing to the great increase in the number of admissions, which
were 628 more than in 1933, all the wards, including the emergency
ones, were kept open throughout the year.
During the year 20 cases were operated on for tonsils and
adenoids in the recently built operating theatre.