Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1926]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of death in Malaria Cases: — Coma ... ... ... ... ... 117 Cardiac failure ... ... ... ... 112 Hyperpyrexia * ... ... ... ... 39 Liver failure ... ... ... ... 29 Cachexia ... ... ... ... ... 48 Enteritis ... ... ... ... ... 9 Nephritis ... ... ... ... ... 4 Pneumonia ... ... ... ... 6 Ruptured spleen ... ... ... ... 2 Abscess spleen ... ... ••• ••• 1 Seasonal Incidence.—The records showed very much what is do be expected, only with much greater intensity. From January until April the approximate numbers of monthly admissions was 250. In May they went up to 747, June 813, July 704, August 521, followed by a steady decline until December when 418 patients were admitted. This great increase in May, June and July may be explained by the long continued hot weather and also by the large number of admissions from neighbouring states. 6. Dysentery.—Six hundred and fourteen cases were treated, of which 207 died, a death-rate of 3371% compared with 35-46% in 1925. Type of Dysentery Cases treated Deaths Amoebic Bacillary Chronic Mixed Unclassified 274 86 292 121 15 — 3 . — 30 — 614 207 7. Beri-beri.—The numbers again increased from 623 to. 689, with 114 deaths, giving a percentage death-rate of 16-54% compared with 12*03% the previous year. It is a significant fact, that 55, or almost half of the patients who died, had not been in hospital twenty-four hours. Comparative figures : — 1920 1921 1922 Cases T36 297 730 Deaths 75 107 Mortality 10% 22-25% 1477% 8. Enteric Fever.- -Fifty- one cas centage of 47‘5% compared with 52-17 1923 1924 1925 1296 483 416 623 689 64 77 75 114 i3-25% 18-50% 12-03% i6-54'% were treated with 24 deaths, a per- the previous year.