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6. The largest numbers of admissions are from the following diseases :-
Venereal Diseases,
Ulcers,
Rheumatism,
Malaria and its effects,
Sloughing Phagedoena,
...
Anæmia, Beri-beri, ...
...
627
616
533
381
...
306
291
257
7. The largest numbers of deaths occurred from the following complaints:
Diarrhoea,...
Dysentery,
Tubercle,
Anæmia,
...
Debility and Old Age, Beri-beri, ...
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143
113
...
102
102
95
72
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12. The female ward was quite full on two occasions, viz., in July and December. The work done in this ward is seen below:-~
Remained from 1893, Admitted during the year,
13
90
Total,... 103
Discharged,
52
Transferred,
1
Died,
31
Remaining at end of 1894,
19
Total,... 103
The death-rate among them was 30.09 per cent., greatly better than last year, when it was 38.75 per cent.
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18. The following table shews the nationalities of patients treated during the year:
1
10
5
51 2 1
4,813 1 51 45 1 7 66 2 224 58 19 1 1
(Enclosure 3.)
Statement of actual Staff of Tan Tock Seng's Hospital,
1 Colonial Surgeon.
1 Superintendent.
2 Apothecaries.
4 Government Dressers.
1 GovernmentApprentice Dresser.
8 Committee's Apprentice Dressers.
5 Attendants.
2 Lamp lighters.
6 Gardeners.
6 Cooks.
5 Grave diggers.
1 Dispensary boy.
5 Barbers.
5 Toties.
30 Ward coolies (convalescent patients
usually).
4 Dhobies.
1 Female Nurse.