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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    APPENDIX D. MALACCA HOSPITALS. Report by Dr. A. H. Keun, m.b., B. ch., Chief Medical Officer. The population is made up as follows:— Europeans 338 Eurasians • • • 1,709 Chinese • • • • ■ • 39,38o Malays • • • • • • 87,552 Indians • • • • • • 8,333 Others • • • • • • 476 Total 137,788 Births.—There were 5,078 births in 1915 contrasting with 4,741 in 1914 and 4,5Qfc in 1913. The following table shows the nationalities Males. Females. Total. — — — Europeans ... ... 2 3 5 Eurasians ... ... 38 29 67 Chinese ... ... 435 446 881 Malays ... ... 1,980 1,840 3,820 Indians ... ... 77 79 156 Others ... ... 70 79 149 Total ... 2,602 2,476 5,078 The Birth-rate per mille was 36-85 per cent. Deaths.—Four thousand nine hundred and eighty-one were registered in T915, as contrasted with 5,176 in 1914 and 5,333 in 1913. M ales. Females. Total. — — — Europeans ... ... 1 Nil 1 Eurasians ... ... 28 20 48 Chinese ... ... 956 250 1,206 Malays ... ... 1,694 T524 3,218 Indians ... ... 313 94 407 Others ... ... 71 30 IOI Total ... 3,063 1,918 4,981 Comparing the death-rate for 1915 with that of 1914, 1913 and 1912 a decrease is again noticed. Death-rate 1915 • • • • • • 36*14 ,, ^9*4 • • • • • • 38*56 ,, l9^3 •ft ••• 4078 ,, 1912 ... • • • • • • • • • 49-09 Of these deaths 452 occurred in Hospitals, 18 were certified by Registered Medical Practitioners, 719 were registered after death and 3,792 were n°t certified.