ANNUAL REPORTS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14956, 1 May 1914, Page 2

ANNUAL REPORTS.

Tho annual reports of tho officers in charge of the different departments were presented. MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. The Medical Superintendent, Dr. F. L. Scott, reported ,that during the year Ward LTI. was pulled down and the Isolation Block was built to take its place. That block was most satis-v factory in every way, and the pationts wero far more comfortable than they used to be in Ward 111. The work done in the Hospital had been steadily increasing year by year. Since 1910----1911, tho average daily number of patients had increased by 59; tho attendances of out-patients by 5477; and the number of operations by 547. Very few cases of infectious disease arising in Hospital occurred during the year. RADIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. Tho Honorary Radiologist, Dr. H. Inglis, reported that the total amount of work done in his department was as follows:—Photographs taken, 444; therapeutic exposures, 848; screen experiments, say, .200; total, 1492. The number of patients treated "was 58, giving an average number of treatments per patient of 14.6. THE PATHOLOGIST. Tho report of tho pathologist (Dr. A. B. Pearson) stated that tne work of the department had increased very steadily during tho year, and with the small space at tho uisposal of tho staff it had been difficult to carry out the work expeditiously. Very few post mortems had beeu carried out in tho case of patients dying in the Hospital. It appeared that there was strong objection on the part of tho relatives to have such examinations made. That was to be regretted very much, as not only were those examinations able to clear up obscure and unusual symptoms, but they also helped the medical men in attendance to treat more surely other cases of a similar nature. In nearly all the large British and Continental hospitals, and in some of the Australian hospitals, regulations had been adopted by which it was possible to hold post mortems in all cases of deaths occurring in the hospital, when such examinations were deemed necessary by the medical man in attendance. During the year ending 31st March, 1914, the total number of examinations carried out was 2881; 1207 of these were in connexion with hospital cases, and 674 were external cases. The number of post mortems was 34. DENTAL DEPARTMENT. Mr J. L. Saunders, dental surgeon, reported that the number of patients admitted for treatment during tho twelve months was 584, made up as fol£u : "~ out -P atient s 471, in-patients 113. Ihe number treated since the opening of the department (13 months) was 636. Tho number of visits for the year amounted t-o 3294; and the total number of operations to 2929. THE NURSES. The Lady Superintendent (Miss M. Thurston) reported that the number of the nursing staff employed in the Hospital was 88. In 1913 the average number of patients was 168— total number of nurses BS. In 1914 there was an average of 197 patients with total number of nurses S3. The total number of the nursing staff for hospital and institutions was 102.