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MATERNITY BUNGALOW AT THE GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.
304. The Bungalow has accommodation for twenty-one patients and is mainly for the use of Asiatic women.
305. There are three general wards with a total of sixteen beds, two private wards with two beds each and one isolation ward with one bed.
306. The majority of patients are under the care of the Professor of Obstetrics of the University he being at the same time Obstetric Physician to the Government Civil Hospital.
307. The admissions during the year were 912 (870 in 1932), making a total of 932 cases treated. There were altogether 832 deliveries of which 212 cases were under the care of the Government Medical Officers and 620 under the Professor of Obstetrics and his Assistants.
The daily average number of patients in the hospital was 15 excluding infants.
308. The Nationalities of the patients were as follows:-
English .. 1 Portuguese 1 Japanese 10 Indians 40 Chinese 780 Total 832There were two Maternity deaths, one from Septicaemia and one from Myocarditis. Five infants were stillborn and 19 died.
309. The reports of the Professors in charge of the various University Clinics will be found in the Appendix.
THE MENTAL HOSPITAL.
310. The Mental Hospital which is an annex to the Government Civil Hospital has accommodation for 14 Europeans and 18 Asiatics.
311. This institution is intended for use only as a temporary abode for the mentally affected pending arrangements being made for their transfer to Europe or Canton.
312. The Medical Officer of the Government Civil Hospital is in administrative charge.