Annual report and statement of accounts : 1934 / Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary.

  • Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary.
Date:
1934
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Credit: Annual report and statement of accounts : 1934 / Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL REPORT for 193C, The number of patients who have received the benefits of the Institution during- the year amounted to 20,309, namely 5,162 In-patients and 15,147 Out-patients as per tabulated lists which follow. The number of beds available was 235, and the daily average number occupied during the year was 214.8. The average length of treatment of In-patients was 15.19 days, as compared with 15.84 days in 1933. The number of deaths is 287, which shows a death-rate of 5.73 per cent. Deducting 77 of the deaths which occurred within 48 hours of admission, the death-rate is reduced to 4.07 per cent. 3831 Operations were performed in the three Operating Theatres and 315 in the Out-patients’ Operating Rooms—a total of 4,146 Operations; and 274 minor operations were performed in the Out-patients’ Department under local anesthesia, making a grand total of 4,420. The work performed during the year in the Pathological Department, the Venereal Diseases Department, the Radium Department, and the X-Ray, Massage and Light Departments is described in the reports which follow. The following tables indicate the general nature of the work during the past year: — IN-PATIENTS. Recovered or Relieved. Dead. Total. Medical .. Surgical .. .. Accidents .. 4886 277 5i63 From 1933. T58 10 t68 Deduct Patients carried 5°44 287 533i to 1935 . 169 0 169 Total. 4875 287 5162