The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5° 4. The principal diseases treated were as follows:— Number of Number of Cases. Deaths. Malaria ... 91 7 Pneumonia ... 16 10 Gonorrhoea ... 38 3 Soft Chancre ... 49 Syphilis ... 117 1 Dysentery ••• 33 13 Tuberculosis ... ... 6 2 New Growth, Malignant ... 12 3 Ankylostomiasis ... 174 29 Phthisis ... 28 16 Nephritis (acute and chronic) ... 11 3 Injuries (General and Local) ... 151 5 Blood films were taken of all fever cases, and the stools of all suspected of Ankylostomiasis were examined. 6. Fourteen Necropsies were performed during the year on patients dying in the hospital. 7. Medico-legal:— (a) The Coroner sent in 21 bodies for post-mortem examination. (b) The Police sent up 97 cases for examination or for treatment including 8 persons for observations on their mental conditions. (c) Medical evidence was given at the Police Court on 21 occasions. SUNGE1 BAKAP HOSPITAL. 1. Buildings and ground.—Both have been in good order throughout the year. The old Assistant Surgeon’s quarters have been occupied by the three Dressers, and the old Dressers’ quarters have been pulled down. An extra shed for patients and an Attendant’s quarters have been erected in the Quarantine Camp and they have been occupied since the end of November, 1915. 2. Work done.—Twenty-nine patients remained in the hospital at the beginning of the year. There were 692 admissions during the year making a total of 721 treated. The average daily number of sick was 35*55. Number of deaths was 68. The percentage of deaths to total treated was 9'43, excluding 24 deaths occurring within 48 hours of admission. Twenty-eight patients remained in hospital at the end of the year. 3. The principal diseases treated and percentage of mortality from each were as follows :— Diseases. No. of cases. No. of deaths Mortality % Ankylostomiasis ... 129 16 12*40 Cholera 5 3 6o*oo Diarrhoea 7 2 28-57 Dysentery 23 8 3478 Leprosy 11 1 9*09 Malaria 100 7 7*00 New-growth (Malignant) 4 .... ... Pneumonia 7 2 28-57 Small-pox 1 •. • ... Gonorrhoea 11 • • • • • • Soft Chancre 21 • • • •. • Syphilis 100 1 TOO Tuberculosis 25 11 44OO 94