Fatilities The monthly report of the American Hospital for Refugees indicates that extensive medical services have been performed for the indigent during July. Nearly 500 new patients were admitted to the hospital, making a total of 835 inpatients in the month, of whom not more than thirty could afford to pay anything towards their treatment. In addition to the inpatients, 10,169 out-patients were served, creating a new record for the hospital. Of these, 7,958 could pay only one cent for treatment, which included medicine.
The need is felt for bottles and containers for medicines, many thousands of these being required, despite the assistance of donors. Free bathing facilities, recently opened, are now being made full use of, many receiving their only bath for the week at the hospital. Mothers bring in their children and receive a tub of water with some soap, thus enabling the children to maintain a certain standard of cleanliness. Thousands of adults also take advantage of the bathing facilities offered by the hospital.
Smallpox vaccinations during the month numbered 460, although no cholera inoculations were given. A large number of free prescriptions filled, coming altogether to me deaths occurred in the hospital in July, bringing the total throughout thirty-two months to 1,675. Nearly 300° patients were operated on, and 3,959 laboratory examinations were carried out.
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