Annual report of the Dorset County Hospital : 1928.

  • Dorset County Hospital (Dorchester, England)
Date:
1928
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Credit: Annual report of the Dorset County Hospital : 1928. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT of The Committee of Management for the Year, 1928. 'T'HE Committee of Management have the honour to submit to the Governors the 88th Annual Report of the Dorset County Hospital for the year ended 31st December, 1928. During the past year the number of patients admitted was :—Male 353 ; Female 352 ; Children 195. Total number of In-patients 900. Four hundred and seventy-eight operations were performed Of these 278 were major operations (Intra-abdominal 140, Extra-abdominal 338) ; 200 were minor operations. NEW PATIENTS TREATED IN THE OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT. New Out-patients (Medical and Surgical) ... ... 597 New Out-patients (Casualties) ... ... ... 378 New Cases in Ophthalmic Department ... ... 255 New Cases in Dental Department ... ... ... 530 New Cases receiving Ultra Violet Ray ... ... 229 New Cases receiving Sunlight Treatment ... ... 62 New X-Ray Examinations ... ... ... ... 476 New Treatments ... ... ... ... ... 119 The highest number of Patients in the Hospital at one time was 90, on Wednesday, the 28th March, 1928.