The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1919]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRISON HOSPITAL. Report by Dr. W. H. Fry, m.r.c.s. (England), l.r.c.p. (London), Chief Medical Officer. The Sanitary condition of the Prison and the health of the prisoners was satisfactory. The daily average sick was 9*8 compared with 11*7 in 1918 and 7*48 in 1917. At the beginning of the year there remained 6 prisoners from 1918. The admissions and deaths for the past four years were: — Year. Admissions. 19*9 328 1918 399 1917 285 1916 351 The causes Pneumonia 1. of death during 191 Number of Vagrants ., • 1 j j ' / Deaths, included in above. 48 6 50 7 8 4 26 13 were Dysentery 4, Phthisis 1 and The Chief diseases treated were:—Diarrhoea 51, Dysentery 41, Venereal Diseases 37, Malaria Fever 21 and Ulcer 18. The Chief nationalities of those admitted were:—Chinese 175, Tamils 83, Malays 24 and Kling Mohammedans 21. DISTRICT HOSPITAL, PENANG. Report by Dr. V. B. Kyle, m.d. (Dublin), Medical Offcer-in-charge. There remained on the 31st December, 1918, 277 patients and 4,572 were admitted during 1919 making a total of 4,849. The corresponding figures for 1918 were 327 and 4,342 making a total of 4,669. The number of deaths during the year was 560, giving a death-rate of 11*54 per cent, as compared with 666 and 14*26 per cent in 1918. Of the deaths 41 occurred within 24 hours of admission and 97 within 48 hours; making a percentage of 9*26 and io'26 respectively. The principal diseases treated were: — Admissions. Dt aths. Percentage, Dvsenterv J J 266 95 35-71 Influenza 8 5 in 0 Malaria (unclassified) 671 33 4 9i ,, Benign Tertian ... 227 23 10.13 „ Quartan 7 . • • • • • ,, Malignant Tertian 60 20 33-33 ,, Chronic 25 • • • ... ,, Cerebral 3 3 100.00 Venereal Disease 687 21 3-05 Phthisis 237 I!5 48.52 Ankylostomiasis H3 24 i6-77 The average daily sick was 299*35 as compared with 346*42 in 1918. Five hundred and ninety-two minor operations were performed during the year.