The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Health. 18. In Singapore there was no serious outbreak of Zymotic Diseases, there occurred 45 cases of Plague, 41 cases of Small-pox and 8 cases of Cholera. Out-Door Dispensaries. 19. Thirty-one thousand one hundred and seventy-four patients sought medical assistance as out-patients in the different out-door dispensaries of the Colony compared with 29,616 in 1916 and 37,246 in 1915. Medical School. 20. For the full course (L. M. S.) thirty-one students joined the School during the year, making a total of 86 on the Roll. Eighteen students received the L. M. S. diploma. Since the School was opened in May, 1910, eighty-five students have taken the diploma. The number of students for the two-year course (Hospital Assistants) is 22. Since 1908 certificates have been granted to 130 Hospital Assistants. Dr. Keith, the Principal, who left for England on sick leave on the 24th November, 1916, did not improve in health and was obliged to retire in Decem¬ ber. The resignation of this brilliant officer is a great loss to the School. Pathological Department. 21. Dr. Finlayson was recalled from war work and resumed duty as Pathologist in January. Miscellaneous. 22. Twenty-seven medical practitioners were registered during the year. The total on the Register is now 481. Sixty-two licences were issued to chemists and druggists and to medical practitioners and thirty-three licences to dentists under the Deleterious Drugs Ordinance. Sixty-nine licences were issued under the Poisons Ordinance. The following were the members of the Hospital Board during the year excluding Government Ex-officio members : — The Hon’ble Mr. C. I. Carver. Dr. J. A. R. Glennie. Dr. E. A. Elder. Mr. F. J. Hallifax. Mr. Goh Teik Chee. Messrs. Wearne Brothers presented the Hospital Board with a motor ambulance for public use. This ambulance is housed at the Central Fire Station in Hill Street. From May the day it was received to December the ambulance was used 57 times. The Medical Department suffered a severe loss through the death on October 8th of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, the Hon’ble Dr. William Gilmore Ellis. Dr. Ellis was due for retirement about 16 months earlier but remained at his post on account of the shortage of officers due to the war. S. LUCY, Principal Civil Medical Officer, S. S.