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SURGICAL UNIT.-Report by the Professor of Surgery.
PROFESSOR KENELM H. DIGBY, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. (England).
356 In-patients were treated in the three wards of the Surgical Clinic at the Government Civil Hospital.
660 Surgical operations under anaesthesia were performed.
The Out-patient attendance in the Surgical Clinic (including Ear, Nose and Throat and Orthopaedics) numbered 3,899.
There were also 2,574 new patients who attended the ophthalmic out-patients Clinic.
OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL UNIT.
Report by the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. PROFESSOR R. E. TOTTENHAM, B.A., M.D., C.H.B., F.R.C.P.I., L.M., D.P.H., F.C.O.G.
Statistics of Maternity Cases in the Maternity Block, G.C.H., 1933.
Total admissions 888 deliveries 832 (620 University, 212 M.O.) Discharged not in labour 43 University. 13 M.O. Deaths 2 (1 patient died of Septicaemia 1 Myocarditis).Death of babies:-Cause of deaths-
11 from Prematurity. 1 1 1 91 1 1 13 1 " 1. 71 Pneumonia. Asphyxia. Congenital Syphilis. Imperforated Anus. Cerebral Haemorrhage. Haemorrhage from Urinary tract and Mouth. Acute Jaundice (Mother had a positive Wassermann). 9 Stillborn babies.Nationality of patients delivered:-
English 1 Portuguese 1 Japanese 1 Indians 10 Chinese 40 780