M(1)14
The following deaths occurred :-
European..... Indian Chinese
Number Causes
two two bullet wounds J (1) Septicaemia (1) Typhoid fever
None
The following invalidings took place
European Indian.. Chinese
4 18 1
The University Clinics :- Dr. R. M. Gibson was in charge of the surgical clinic until the return of Professor K. H. Digby in November. 635 cases were treated as in-patients in the clinic and 326 operations were performed under general anaesthesia. These numbers are included in the figures of the Civil Hospital. The medical clinic was conducted by Dr. G. E. Aubrey until the arrival of Professor Anderson on August 22nd and from this time till the end of the year 150 cases were treated as in-patients in the clinic. Out-patient cliniques were also held on two afternoons per week and the number of patients attending rapidly rose.
The Maternity Department: - The admittances and certain other information is shown in the appended table.
1923 1922 Admittances 787 721 Free patients Male births... 235 340 178 300 Female births.. 292 286 Still born 42 32 Abortions-squrions labour pains &c..... 85 103 European patients 96 79 Japanese 27 31 Indian 33 36 Chinese 631 575 Deaths (infantile) 9 3 Deaths (maternal) 9 7The maternal deaths were due to :-
Chronic Nephritis 1 Influenza 1 Malaria 1 Uraemia 1 Eclampsia. 1 Post-partum haemorrhage 1 Placenta praevia 1 Septicaemia 1 Shock 1