310 died; leaving 208 in the hospital July 1, 1929, of whom 49 were pay patients.

A total of 1,725 surgical operations were performed, with 37 deaths. In many of these cases, surgical procedures were attempted as the last resort.

In the dental department 711 received treatment as against 501 last year.

In the outdoor department 20,684 were treated in the various clinics as follows: Dermatological, 958; ear, nose, and throat, 1,207; eye, 1,447; gynecological, 1,649; neurological, 470; medical, 1,821; minor surgical, 6,889; urological, 1,360; orthopedic, 1,116; pediatric, 666; tubercular, 30; emergencies, 4,680. The number of revisits to this department was 26,526.

The total number of patients treated in the outdoor and indoor departments was 24,718 as, against 29,501 the preceding fiscal year.

RÖNTGENOLOGY

The following tables, setting forth the work in this department, indicate a large increase over last year:

REPORT OF THE FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL

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PATHOLOGICAL

There was a greater demand for laboratory examinations than last year. The increasing value of the chemical analysis of blood has taken much of the guesswork out of the problems of diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease, so prevalent heretofore. The knowledge gained in this laboratory of the prevalance of diabetes mellitus among colored people, who have been considered by some relatively immune from this disease, is a striking illustration of the value of the laboratory aid in diagnosis.

Laboratory examinations

82

DIETARY DEPARTMENT

The following number of special diets were prepared and served from the metabolic kitchen during the year:

Patients admitted each year ending June 30, for the past 55 years:

The statistical tables of the medical and surgical diseases are omitted from this report, but they are available at the hospital for reference purposes.