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Reference NumberCSFH/1/2/1/17
TitleAnnual report of Dublin Fever Hospital Board
Date1956
Creator NameDublin Fever Hospital Board
DescriptionSoft-bound booklet containing the Chairman's Report, Medical Report, a Report on the Hospital Laboratory, a Report of the Medical Social Service Department, and the Ladies Linen Guild Report.

Prominent topics mentioned in the Chairman's Report include changes in Board membership, the high number of admissions over the year, the hospital's functioning as a Regional Poliomyelitis Centre, ways and means of improving the rehabilitation of patients, and improvements to hospital grounds. The Medical Report includes sections concerning the admission and treatment of patients suffering in large numbers from poliomyelitis, scarlet fever, streptoccocal infections, measles, whooping cough and tuberculous meningitis.
Extent28 pages
TermScarlet fever
Diphtheria
Measles
Whooping cough
Poliomyelitis
Meningitis
Puerperal sepsis
Mumps
Chickenpox
Rubella
erysipelas
Enteric fever
Lobar pneumonia
Bronchopneumonia
enteritis
gastroenteritis
Prophylaxis
Hospital administration
Hospital management
Infectious diseases
Patient care
Hospital finances
Hospital staff
Annual Report
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2706Meenan; Patrick N (fl. mid 20th century); Physicianfl. mid 20th century
DS/UK/2573O'Herlihy; Fergus Colm (fl. early-mid 20th century); Medical Superintendent in Dublin Fever Hospital, 1953-1979fl. early-mid 20th century
DS/UK/2565Webb; Ivan (fl. mid 20th century); Member of Dublin Fever Hospital Board and Cherry Orchard Hospital Advisory Committeefl. mid 20th century
DS/UK/2768Cherry Orchard Hospital; 1953-1953-
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