HOSPITAL OPERATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19460, 27 December 1934, Page 9

HOSPITAL OPERATIONS.

BIG DROP IN SYDNEY. A REMARKABLE DECREASE. Statistics in the 70th annual report of St. Vincent’s Hospital for the year ended June 30 reveal a remarkable decrease in the number of operations performed, compared with the previous nine years, says a Sydney paper. in 1*925-20 5220 patients were admitted, 08,123 treated in the outpatients department and 13,184 operations performed. The following year 3549 were admitted, 09,043 out-patients treated and only 844 7 operations performed, but. the number of operations then increased steadily to 14,943 in 1932-33, when 4 597 patients were admitted and 109,782 out-patients treated. For 1933-34 the figures were 4020 j admitted, 109,515 out-patients treated, | and 4394 operations performed. ! Although I tie patients’ figures for j 1932-33 and 1933-34 were approxij mately the same the number of opera- ; lions fell from 1 4,9 43 lo 4394. i Growing Demands. The report stales that the figures show an increase in the demands ■ made upon the hospital during the year. I There were 10 1,020 attendances by ! out-patients and casualty cases lasi j yea, as against 103.U79 lire previuus | year.