The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table showing the Admissions, Daily Average and Percentage of Deaths, in the General Hospital, Penang. — Remained. Admitted. Total Treated. Discharged. Transferred. Absconded. Died. ; 1 Remaining. Average daily sick. Percentage of Deaths to total treated. Died within 24 hours of Admis¬ sion. Percentage of deaths to total treated excluding those dying within 48 hours of Admission. 1 Europeans 10 261 271 233 5 4 17 12 10-63 6-27 5 4‘5I Natives 40 i.'*75 1,215 953 71 45 104 37 43'24 855 24 l r* Native Police 2 406 408 399 ... 4 1 9 898 024 ... { 5 00 Total ... 52 1,842 1,894 i,58S 76 53 122 58 62-85 15-06 29 9'57 Prison Hospital, Penang. Report by Dr. J. S. Webster, Medical Officer. 1. The sanitary condition of the Prison was good and the health of the prisoners was satisfactory. 2. Figures.—Twenty-two patients were remaining in hospital at end of 1911, 687 were admitted during the year. The average daily sick was 2no. The chief diseases treated in the hospital were Anaemia (42), Diarrhoea (148), Bronchitis (36), which is an increase in number of cases as compared with the former year. 3. Mortality.—Of the 24 deaths 8 contracted the disease in Prison, 16 arrived with the disease in them and were sent straight to hospital. 4. There was no case of beri-beri or enteric fever. 5. The prisoners breaking stone were in the latter part of the year provided with goggles to protect their eyes. 6. Staff.—Medical Officer in charge :— January 1st to September 30th Dr. Dane. October 1st to end of year Dr. Webster. Assistant Surgeon:—January 1st to October 1st Mr. LEICESTER. Dresser:— January 1st to August 31st Dresser Hosey. August 31st to September 30th Dresser Martinez. October 1st to end of year Dresser L. Shaik. Nationality Return of the Prison Hospital, for the Year 1912. Nationality. Remained at end of 1911. Admitted. Total. Discharged. Transferred. Absconded. Died. Remaining at end of 1912. Europeans 2 2 2 • * • • • • Eurasians . « . 5 5 4 1 • • . ,, ; Chinese 15 402 417 383 4 n 13 Malays 1 70 7i 68 • . • 3 • • • Tamils 4 115 119 114 • • • 2 3 Tamil, Islam ... 1 58 59 59 • • • • •. • • • Bengalee 1 8 9 6 1 2 • • • Arab • • • 1 1 1 • • • • • • • • p Japanese . . . 1 1 1 . . . •. • • • • Javanese • • . 13 13 13 • . • • • • • • 0 Sikhs ... 12 12 12 • • • • • • • • • 709 • • •