Annual report of the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Children's Hospital and Leicester and Leicestershire Maternity Hospital : 1943.

  • Royal Infirmary (Leicester, England)
Date:
1943
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Credit: Annual report of the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Children's Hospital and Leicester and Leicestershire Maternity Hospital : 1943. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternity Hospital : — Ante Natal attendances ... 8047 7717 5983 Post Natal attendances ... 682 712 484 Emergency Hospital Service During 1943 under the Ministry of Health Emergency Hospital Service there were treated as In-patients 2,262 members of the Forces and 300 manual workers, transferred war workers, evacuees, &c. These figures compare with the previous year of 1,957 Forces and 263 others. Emergency Hospital Service Cases last year made 24,860 attendances in the Casualty and Out¬ patient departments. The above facts, it is believed, prove that the Governors have succeeded in their endeavour to meet the demands of the Services through the Emergency Hospital Service without reducing the facilities for the civilian population. The Governors are, how¬ ever, concerned to have to report that the waiting list has grown to unprecedented 'proportions and no* possibility of improving the position can be seen at present. In fact a warning has been received that the military situation is likely to make heavier demands upon the Infirmary in the future. Appreciation The presentation of this statement of the Year’s Work gives the Governors an opportunity to express their appreciation of the unselfish service which all members of the staff of the Infirmary and the Homes have given year by year since Septem¬ ber, 1939. Everyone expected that war would call for special sacrifices from the Hospital Staffs and all were prepared to meet them. On reviewing the past war years it is realised that a tremendous strain has been continuously imposed on the medical, nursing and administrative staffs. At the same time all are thankful that the Infirmary has been spared the horrors of bombing which have fallen upon many Hospitals of the British Isles. MATERNITY HOSPITAL Of the 1,060 patients admitted to hospital 631 were mothers living in the City of Eeicester and 429 resident in the County.