. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . ).The daily service is performed by two medical men and a warden,assisted by a matron, a female* teacher, a cashier and the necessarynumber of nurses. The yearly expenses are defrayed partly byvoluntary contributions and legacies to the hospital, partly by paymentfor the patients, and grants from the state and different children are admitted to the hospital at the age of 4—15years, while children with rickets are admitted as early as the ageof two years. The principal treatment is hygienic, viz., living inthe
. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . ).The daily service is performed by two medical men and a warden,assisted by a matron, a female* teacher, a cashier and the necessarynumber of nurses. The yearly expenses are defrayed partly byvoluntary contributions and legacies to the hospital, partly by paymentfor the patients, and grants from the state and different children are admitted to the hospital at the age of 4—15years, while children with rickets are admitted as early as the ageof two years. The principal treatment is hygienic, viz., living inthe open air, good ventilation, sea baths, gymnastics, and nourishingdiet; but the local affections are always submitted to energetic treat-ment, and many (both large and small) operations are performed inthe course of the year. The average stay of each child at thehospital has been 240—260 days, and the results may be said to bevery satisfactory; of the patients treated in 1889, 57*8 per cent,were discharged cured, and 30*5 per cent, in a much improved 015. THE SEA-SIDE HOSPITAL AT REFSN^S.
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