M 58
Cases treated by Western methods:-
Original choice, ...
Transferred from native treatment, ...
2,290 872
3,162
Less transferred to native treatment, 213
Total. 2,949
As the total number of cases treated was 5,352, it will be seen that of this number 55.1% were under European and 44.9% under Eastern treatment. Last year the figures were respectively 50.7% and 49.3%. This is the largest percentage of European treatment that has yet been attained and is a definite improvement on the figures for 1915 (52.3% European treatment) which had constituted a record.
Death-rates.
Deaths under native treatment, 59
Western treatment, ... 1,064 - 44.2% 391 = 13.2%
These rates can hardly be looked upon as accurately representing the mortality in the hospital as they include 598 moribund cases which were distributed as follows:
Native treatment, ... 496
Western treatment. ... 102
If these be deducted we may consider the following as accurate:
Native treatment 1,907 cases with 568 deaths = 29.7% mortality.
Western treatment 2,847 cases with 289 deaths = 10.1%
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In the appended Tables a comparison of the results in treatment is shown:-
A.-Diseases for which there is a specific remedy Disease. No. of cases. Death-rate percentage. No. of cases. Death-rate percentage. Western. Eastern. Diphtheria, 2 0.0% 5 100% Malaria, 160 15.6% 143 53.8% Syphilis, 73 5.1% 44 36.3% B.-Diseases for which, at present, there is no specific remedy Lobar pneumonia, 93 23.6% 84 48.8% Beri-beri, 432 23.6% 394 48.9% Typhoid fever, 22 27.2% 18 90.3% Pulmonary phthisis, 181 41.9% 221 64.7%