The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1917]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    58/100 (page 58)
    Brought forward 5* Number of Cases. Deaths• On Mouth: — Removal of Tonsils Dental Operation:— Extraction of teeth On Ear and Accessory Cavities: Operation for Mastoid Abscess On Thorax: — Paracentesis Pleura Incision and drainage of Pleura On Abdomen: — Paracentesis Abdominis Cclotomy for malignant growth, rectum ... Operation for strangulated hernia Radical cure for inguinal hernia Operation for hepatic abscess On Rectum and Amis :— For Fistula in Ano On Urethra : — Dilatation of stricture Operation for extravasation of urine ,, urethral fistula Removal of Calculus from urethra On Male generative organs: — Circumcision Radical cure for Hydrocele ... On Female generative organs: — Ovariotomy On Obstetrics: — Division of Vulvar Orifice for Atusia ... Evacuation of uterus for retention of membranes ... Plugging of utero-vaginal canal for haemorrhage ... 309 8 3 3 i 16 i i 3 1 3 2 I I 1 18 3 i i i i i i i i 380 4 Twenty-four necropsies were held on the bodies of patients dying in the hospital. Medico-legal.—(a) The Coroner sent in 50 bodies for post-mortem examination. (b) The Police brought in 174 cases for examination or treatment. (c) Fifty persons were brought in by the Police for observation for insanity and 8 for examination for leprosy. Health of the Police.—Two hundred and forty-nine patients were admitted during the year with only one death from Malaria. The majority of the patients sought admission for Malaria. JASSN HOSPITAL. At the end of 1916 there were 37 cases under treatment. Total number of admissions for the year was 1,203 against 912 in 1916, an increase of 291 cases. Estates sent in 470 cases against 332 in 1916. Police admitted—17 cases against 24 in 1916. The remainder were paupers—