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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    15. Hospitals and work done in all Settlements:— Year. Number Treated. Number of Deaths. Percentage of Deaths to Total Treated. Europeans. Natives. Total. Europeans. Natives. Total. Europeans. Natives. Total. 1910 L463 34,221 35,684 64 4,465 4,529 4'37 I3'05 12-69 1911 1,702 45,260 46,962 82 6,042 6,124 4-82 13*33 13-04 1912 L794 40,420 42,214 87 4,566 4,653 4-85 11*29 11*02 1913 2,255 37,470 39’725 82 3,853 3,935 3'66 10*28 9-09 1914 2,555 37,926 40,481 hi 3,642 3,753 4'34 9*6 9*27 1915 2,305 30,916 33,221 ; 92 2,889 2,981 3'99 9'34 8*97 Considerable work has been done towards linking up the General Hospital, Lunatic Asylum and Gaol, Singapore, with the New Sewage Scheme and it should be completed early next year. The European Wards of the hospital are having all latrines converted into water closets. GENERAL HOSPITAL, SINGAPORE. 16. There is a steady increase of patients treated in the European Wards, from 749 in 1912 to 1,089 in the year under review. The death-rate on the total number of patients treated in the wards has diminished from 1062 per cent in 1911 to 7-59 per cent in 1915. Plans of the new Native Wards were still under consideration at the end of the year. TAN TOCK SENG’S HOSPITAL. 17. The number of patients treated at this Hospital is as follows:— 1910 ... ... ... ... ... 9,978 1911 ... ... ... .. ... 13,398 1912 ... ... ... ... ... 13,274 1913 ... ... ... ..v ... 12,025 1914 ... ... ... ... ... 12,015 1915 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 8,407 The average daily sick was 538-99 as compared with 652 in 1914. Gas was installed in Wards 4, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 18 and the Dispensary. It is hoped to extend the service at a future date to the whole hospital. Quarters for the Surgeon, a second Operation Theatre, a Laboratory, four additional Dressers’ Quarters and an extension to the kitchen were completed during the year. LUNATIC ASYLUM. 18. In December, 100 males and 37 females were transferred to the Tanjong Rambutan Central Asylum in Perak, Federated Malay States, where wards have been built for chronic patients from the Colony, and a further batch of 66 males are to be sent in January, 1916. These transfers will completely relieve the congestion under which the Asylum has laboured for many years. PENANG HOSPITALS. 19. The total treated in all Penang Hospitals excluding Province Wellesley is 9,315 of whom 346 were Europeans and 8,969 natives. Of these 877 died. Out of 117 major operations 89 were completely successful, 8 were relieved, 4 left not improved and 13 died, leaving 3 remaining under treatment at the end of the year. The treatment of Chronic Ulcers by X-Rays has been tried with good results in certain cases.