Annual report of the trustees . ent for infectiousdiseases, for the five months from August 31, 1895, to Janu-uary 31, 1896, inclusive, are as follows : Number of patients transferred from infectiouswards at The Boston City Hospital to SouthDepartment at time of opening Admitted during five months Treated during five monthsDischarged during five monthsDied during five months . 817120 1101,029 1,139 937 Number of patients remaining in South Depart-ment January 31, 1896 Largest number of patients in the South Depart-ment at any one time ..... Smallest number of patients in the South Depart-ment
Annual report of the trustees . ent for infectiousdiseases, for the five months from August 31, 1895, to Janu-uary 31, 1896, inclusive, are as follows : Number of patients transferred from infectiouswards at The Boston City Hospital to SouthDepartment at time of opening Admitted during five months Treated during five monthsDischarged during five monthsDied during five months . 817120 1101,029 1,139 937 Number of patients remaining in South Depart-ment January 31, 1896 Largest number of patients in the South Depart-ment at any one time ..... Smallest number of patients in the South Depart-ment at any one time (day of opening) . Daily average number of patients Average number of days stay of patients . Number of weeks treatment given in SouthDepartment ....... Number of days treatment given in SouthDepartment ....... Number of applicants for admission to SouthDepartment ....... Number of applicants rejected .... Number of patients admitted over 15 years ofage 202 213 11130-8-Q- lou100x< 100 2,859 20,013 1,10071 209. o o hJl The Boston City Hospital. 21 Number of patients dying within 24 hours of admission . . . . 40 Number of patients dying within 48 hours of admission ....... 53 Average age of patients ..... 9 Death-rate, South Department. Diphtheria aloneAll other causes. Total. PatientsTreated. 814295 1,139 Of the 120 deaths, there occurred within forty-eight hours after admission Deaths. 9624 120 53 Percentageof Deaths. 11 per cent. 10i per cent. 41 In considering the cost of maintaining the South Depart-ment as a hospital by itself, some embarrassment is experi-enced from the fact that the relations between the hospitalproper and the special South Department are so intimatelyinvolved that many expenditures upon the hospital properincluded large and direct benefits received by the other depart-ment that could not be easily separated. Approximately, however, the sum expended upon theSouth Department has been $30, ; of this sum,$6, were expended upon
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