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TABLE 1 - Average Number of Admissions per Annum.Period 1884-1908 1909-17 1927-36 1884-1908 1909-17DiagnosisAgeTB,Rheumatism529101015Nephritis-14Under 1 year32Respiratory68471-4 years238D&V-2125-9 years2634Other infection21910+ years1211Malnutrition5615Ophthalmia1-Accidents4546Length of Stay.Abscess5620Under 2 weeks2920Surgical (Hot)711232-4 weeks1226Surgical (Cold)--541-3 months1730Ts&As2027 413Over 3 months31Other E.N.T.-394OrthopaedicOther inc. Skins456102262Table 2 - In-patients Treated during 1899-1900NO SEX AGE ADMITTED DISCHARGED DISEASE. RESULT1 M 8 years May 2 nd July 4 th Eczema Cured2 M 6 years June 17 th July 12 th Pneumonia Cured3 F 4 years June 18 th July 16 th Injury to leg Cured4 M 2 years June 20 th Aug 2 nd Debility Cured5 M 6 years July 9 th July 18 th Circumcision Cured6 M 4 years July 23 rd Aug 1 st Circumcision Cured7 F 6 years July 27 th Aug 13 th Abcess of the neck Cured8 M 12 years July 30 th Aug 14 th Adenoids and enlarged tonsils Cured9 F 3 years July 31 st Sept 15 th Phthisis Improved10 F 4 years Aug 2 nd Aug 18 th Adenoids and enlarged tonsils Cured11 M 9 years Aug 9 th Oct 9 th Typhoid Cured12 M 7 months Aug 10 th Aug 25 th Diarrhoea and sickness Cured13 F 5 years Aug 14 th Sept 28 th Fractured femur Cured14 F 3 years Aug 16 th Oct 29 th Rachitis Improved15 M 1½ years Aug 18 th Sept 3 rd Diarrhoea and sickness Cured16 M 12 years Aug 20 th Oct 20 th Hip joint disease Improved17 F 9 years Aug 24 th Oct 5 th Consumption Cured18 F 9 years Sept 2 nd Oct 9 th Bright’s disease Cured19 M 6 years Sept 14 th Oct 8 th Axilliary abcess Cured20 F 3 years Oct 6 th Oct 29 th Adenoids and enlarged tonsils Cured21 F 5 years Oct 9 th Nov 19 th Enteric fever Cured22 M 7 years Oct 10 th Oct 15 th Circumcision Cured23 F 12 years Oct 17 th Oct 31 st Adenoids and enlarged tonsils Cured24 M 12 years Oct 20 th Jan 17 th Hip joint disease Improved25 M 11 months Nov 17 th Nov 30 th Bronchitis Cured26 M 9 months Nov 18 th Dec 1 st Diarrhoea and sickness Cured27 F 11 years Nov 20 th Jan 10 th Typhoid and pneumonia Cured28 F 6 years Nov 28 th Jan 27 th Chorea and burns Improved29 F 3 years Nov 29 th Dec 12 th Adenoids and enlarged tonsils Cured30 F 8 years Nov 30 th Feb 27 th Fractured femur Cured31 M 1 year Dec 5 th Jan 4 th Burns Cured32 F 5 years Dec 5 th Jan 6 th Influenza Cured33 F 13 years Jan 3 rd Mch 25 th Boriasis Cured34 F 12 years Jan 22 nd Mch 8 th Debility Improved35 M 4 years Feb 14 th Mch 22 nd Rachitis Improved36 F 10 years Mch 14 th May 30 th Emaciation Improved37 F 3 years Mch 17 th Mch 24 th Adenoids and enlarged tonsils Cured38 F 12 years Mch 26 th May 26 th Psoriasis Cured39 F 2 years Mch 28 th Apr 28 th Rachitis40 F 3 years Mch 29 th Apr 30 th Bronchitis and pneumonia Cured41 F 13 years Mch 29 th Apr 19 th Chronic meningitis No improvement42 F 4 years April 1 st Apr 24 th Bronchitis and pneumonia Cured43 M 10 years April 14 th Apr 26 th Debility Improved44 F 6 years May 17 th May 23 rd Adenoids Cured45 M 1 year May 18 th June 3 rd Bronchitis Cured46 M 13 years May 18 th June 16 th Hip joint disease Improved47 M 7 years May 23 rd June 18 th Injury to leg Cured48 F 6 years May 24 th June 10 th Ganglion of ankle Cured49 M 3 years June 5 th June 18 th Pneumonia Cured50 F 7 years June 8 th June 16 th Adenoids CuredThe Infant Mortality rate in Southampton was well over 100 per 1000 births and remained so until World War I and thedeath rate for children under 5 was also over 100. Even as late as the 1930s the Medical Officer of Health reported that36% of the children were undernourished, The main causes of death in childhood appear to have been gastro-enteritis,measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria and whooping cough. Although the rules of the hospital forbade the admission ofinfectious cases, several such are listed including diphtheria, scarlet fever and gonorrhoea. The Isolation Hospital was not