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The following invalidings took place :-
European
Indian....
Chinese
19
6
4
The University Clinics :- Surgical: This was under the care of Prof. K. H. Digby and attended to 624 patients in the wards.
Medical :- This was under the care of Prof. J. Anderson and 583 patients were admitted to it.
Enteric Epidemic :- 87 cases were treated as compared with 72 in 1923.
The following table shows the monthly incidence and the admissions for each month.
European Indian Chinese Japanese Total December 3 0 2 5 1 3 4 2 3 5 ~ NOO 2++0 -220 1 5 4 4 14 3 1 0 5 9 7 10 17 24 7 6 37 Total 40 5 27 15 87The figures suggest that the Typhoid scare of 1924 was caused rather by a somewhat larger proportion of European contracting the disease than on account of any great general increase of it.
Maternity Department :- The admittances and certain other information is shown in the appended table.
1924 1923 Admissions... 789 787 Free patients, 187 235 Male Births. 312 340 Female Births, 337 292 Still Births, 43 42 3 pairs of twins 3 ) European patients, 85 73 Japanese, 18 27 Indian, ... 38 Chinese, 660 631 Abortions-spurious labour pains &c. 103 Deaths (infantile).. 11 9 Deaths (maternal)... 9 4 9 9