It is to be feared that ratepayers not study the reports of the General Hospital as carefully as they might—there is so much to read of municipal affairs when these reports are printed—and_ a few quotations may be timely. Patients admitted during 1922 showed an increase of 25 per cent., although the institution of an intermediate class caused the second class to show a slight falling off. There was also a satisfactory increase in the number of cases in the X-ray department. Both major and minor operations showed an increase of 50 per cent. A pathological and bacteriological laboratory was added to the - equipment of the Hospital and is under tke direction _of the Commissioner of Health. Here all examinations are made on specimens from patients in the Hospital which greatly assists the doctors in their diagnosis and treatment of cases.
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