HOSPITAL STATISTICS

Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1947, Page 8

HOSPITAL STATISTICS

The daily occupied bed figure for the main liospital at ^91.61, shows a rise over the previous months, stated the re port of the Medical Superintendent of the Palmerston North Hospital, Mr. J. H. North, to the hospital board yesterday. At the present time, with Waro 10 closed and part of Ward 11 being used at times for maternity patients, the average occupied l>ed ligure cannot be expeeted to rise very much higher for the next few months. The waiting list has been slightfv reduced' during the past month. There have been few infectious diseases adinitted during the month. The maternity homes have aii had high occupied bed figures, except Foxton. Palmerston North ligures include the beds in the main hospital. The position re maternity bookings. for the Palmerston North Home is stil'l difficult and somewhat uncertain, but there is provision in the main hospital for suffieient beds, according to the present indications. The statistics for the hospitals under the board 's control for the month of Eebruarv were as follow: — Patients remaining in hospital at end-of January^ 284; admitted' during February, 354; discharged during February, 321; died during Eobruarv, 13; remaining at end of February, 299; daily average number of occupied beds 291.61. " Infectious Diseases . In the following lable Ihe (igufes for February admissions are followed by the figures for tliose remaining in hospital at the eird of the month: Mearlet fever, 3, 7; diplitheria, 0, 2'; ervsipelas, 0, 2; tuberculous meningitis, I,'l. Maternity Homes Patients re.mfui.ning in the home at the eiul of January: Palmerston North 12 rnothers, 12 babes; Foxton, four niothers, four babes; Otaki, nine mothers, nine babes; Feilding, two niothers. two babes. Patients admitted during February: Palmerston North 46, Foxton 10, Otaki 17, Feilding 20. Births during February: Palmerston North 41, Foxton 9, Otaki 12, Feilding 18. . Patients remaining at the end ot February: . Palmerston North, 16 mothers, 15 babies; Foxton, live, 5; Otaki, 11, seven; Feilding eiglit, eight. Daily average number of occupied beds: Palmerston North 17.5, Foxton 2.9, Otaki 7.1, Feilding 6.4.