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Annexe D.
CIVIL HOSPITAL.
REPORT BY DR. C. W. MCKENNY, Superintendent.
BUILDINGS.
These have been maintained in good condition.
CHANGES IN THE STAFF.
In May Dr. Woodman went on leave and obtained a commission in the R.A.M.C.
Captains Macaulay and Frederick acted for brief periods and Dr. Y. K. To eventually replaced Dr. Woodman.
The Matron and Nursing Sisters Girling and Lawrence went on long leave.
Nursing Sisters Moylan, Elison-Cutts, and Jeffreys resigned. Nursing Sister Bagley and Staff Nurse Baynes joined. Temporary Nursing Sisters Bullock and McKenny joined.
One Japanese Staff Nurse, Ima Yamamoto, and one Probationer Nurse, Ruby Tom, joined.
ADMISSIONS.
The total number of admissions was 3,677. This includes 117 patients brought over from 1917.
171 patients were in hospital at the end of the year.
The daily average of patients was 132.
Out-patients: 14,880 came for treatment.
9,150 new prescriptions and 24,779 old prescriptions were dispensed.
492 vaccinations were performed.
Nationality of patients:
Europeans Indians Asiatics 431 733 ...Sex of patients:
Male Female ... 2,513 2,992 685Deaths. 244 deaths occurred which gives a death-rate of 6.6%. Of these deaths 107 (i.e., 43.8%) occurred within 24 hours of admission.