The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1920]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4* Out-door Dispensary, Sungei Bakap. Eight hundred and thirty-five patients were treated, as against 864 in 1919. The collection amounted to $160.71 as against $198.74 for the previous year. The nationalities treated were: — Males. Females. European Eurasian Chinese Malay Natives of India Others 18 378 78 204 Total .. 680 98 11 39 . 6 155 The principal diseases treated were as follows: — Helminthiasis ... ... ... ... 49 Malaria ... ... ... ... ... 135 Syphilis ... ... ... ... ... 15 Wounds and Injuries ... ... ... ... 40 Ulcers ... ... ... ... ... 21 Out-door Dispensary, Nlbong Tebal. The Dispensary was open for the public and Government servants from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. There were 292 attendances. Nationalities. Males. Females. European Eurasian Chinese Malay Natives of India Others 2 81 10 41 2 146 6 1 2 Total ... 272 20 The principal diseases treated were as follows : — Malaria ... ... ... ... ... 21 Wounds and Injuries ... ... ... ... 19 Ulcers ... ... ... ... ... 72 MALACCA. Malacca Out-door Dispensary. This was under the charge of Mr. R. M. Nunis throughout the year Three thousand five hundred and thirty-nine cases were treated in the Dis¬ pensary as contrasted with 3,254 in 1919.