Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table sets out the results obtained by this alternative method (Balancing equation method). Government of Local Registration Area Malays Euro¬ peans Eurasians Chinese Indians Others Total (i) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Straits Settlements Singapore Island 73,221 7,675 7,099 402,854 45,022 8,247 544,118 Penang Island 40,693 1,233 2,087 117,472 23,864 1,862 187,211 Province 596 136,357 Wellesley 71,659 218 267 42,358 21,259 Dindings . . 7,770 22 16 6,464 4,068 80 18,420 Malacca 96,953 309 2,041 61,548 19,699 637 181,187 Labuan 5,009 22 36 2,133 139 62 7,401 Total, S.S. .. 295,305 -» ■ ■ — 9,479 11,546 632,829 114,051 11,484 1,074,694 The distribution of the population, on an estimated total of 1,147,205, was as under:— Singapore .. . • • • • • 580,438 Penang .. .. • • • • 204,011 Province Wellesley .. • • • • 142,820 Dindings .. .. .. • • 20,862 Malacca .. .. • • • • 191,335 Labuan .. .. .. .. 7,739 1,147,205 The deaths registered in the Straits Settlements were classified as follows:— Singapore Penang Province Wellesley Dindings Malacca Labuan Total Died in hospital Certified by private medical practi- 3,413 1,019 311 64 610 • • 6,307 tioners 2,611 715 , , 1 259 18 3,604 Certified by Registering officers .. 3,456 1,983 11 1 478 # , 5,929 Uncertified .. 2,360 1,224 2,823 303 2,801 90 9,701 Total .. 11,840 4,941 3,145 359 4,048 208 24,641 The greatest accuracy in recording the cause of death was attained in Singapore city, where 63.5 per cent, of the deaths were certified by registered medical practitioners. (b).—General Diseases Beri-Beri.—The deaths registered as due to beri-beri in the last 10 years numbered:— Year Number of deaths Year 1923 904 1928 1924 910 1929 1925 973 1930 1926 .. 1,098 1931 1927 .. 1,528 1932 Number of deaths .. 1,146 944 .. 1,047 911 725 Attention was drawn in the 1931 Report to the fact that a diminished mortality from beri-beri has coincided in past years with periods of lessened prosperity. The figure for the year 1932 bears out this observation. Pneumonia.—Pneumonia accounted for 1,860 deaths compared with 2,373 m the pievious year. Three hundred and two deaths from this disease occurred within the Singapore city municipal area. Convulsions. This term is used to cover a number of incorrectly diagnosed cases. Three thousand eight hundred and fifteen deaths were recorded in 1932