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703 surgical operations under anaesthesia were performed.
The Out-patient attendance in the Surgical Clinic (including Ear, Nose and Throat and Orthopedics) numbered 3,510.
There were also 2,469 new patients who attended the Ophthalmic Out-patients Clinic.
A new building has been completed at the University for the teaching and study of surgery in conjunction with the Surgical Unit. A clinical museum is being developed and facilities for surgical investigations will be available.
Certain diseases of surgical interest are seen with unusual frequency in the Government Civil Hospital, namely Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma,
Intrahepatic Stone Formation, Primary Carcinoma of the Liver.
Three papers on these subjects were read at the Ninth Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine which was held in Nanking from October 1st to 7th.
OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL UNIT.
Report by the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
PROFESSOR R. E. TOTTENHAM, B.A., M.D., Ch.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.
Total admissions 728
Total number of deliveries 682
Number of maternal deaths 1
Number of stillbirths ... 28
Total admissions of M.O. cases 139
Total number of deliveries 123
Classification of Cases :-
Vertex Presentations P.O.P. 647 7 Breech 21 Transverse 2 Twins 3 Moles 2 Total 682