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Malaria.
Per cent.
Per cent.
Total.
1918.
1917.
Europeans,
6
3.7
14:5
Chinese,......
15
2.5
4.7
Indians,
73
15.0
32.12
Invaliding.-One European, 5 Indians, and 2 Chinese were invalided as being unfit for further service.
Europeans,...
Deaths :-
Indians,
...
Chinese,
...
...
...
Causes of death :-
Death-rate. 0.6%
5
1.0%
3
0.5%
1
European, Fracture of skull.
Indians Pneumonia 2, cerebro-spinal meningitis 1, typhoid fever 1, malaria 1.
Chinese-Respiratory system 1, injuries 1.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.
Admissions to Civil Hospital
Europeans
Indians
•
Chinese
Admissions
Death-rate
to Maternity Hospital
Death occurring in 24 hours
Prescriptions dispensed
Operations performed ...
1917.
1918.
...
3,292
3,677
*
. 378
431
685
733
2,229
2,513
383
470
5.07%
6.6%
...
88
13,065
107
13,929
444
638
DENTAL DEPARTMENT.
For the greater part of the year this department was only open on two days during the week.
Three hundred and ninety-six patients attended.
In 352 cases one or more teeth were extracted, and in 44 cases some other form of treatment was adopted.
The following shows the nationality of the patients:-
Europeans
Japanese
Indians
Chinese
...
24
16
12
...
...
344
Total
.396
The following Tables are attached :-
1. Admissions and Deaths under respective Diseases.
2. Yearly Admissions from Malaria from each Police Station.
3. Number and Class of Patients admitted during the last ten years and deaths.
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