M 73
294. Outpatients.-Outpatients are treated both in the general block and in the special outpatients department. The number of attendances, exclusive of Venereal Diseases cases, was 106,435 (32,478 in 1934). The number of prescriptions dispensed was 79,727 (63,224 in 1934). The number of vaccinations was 1,586, and the number of dog-bite cases treated was 202.
Maternity Bungalow at the Government Civil Hospital.
295. The Bungalow has accommodation for twenty-one patients and is mainly for the use of Asiatic women.
296. 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.
297. 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.
298. The admissions during the year were 1,041 (939 in 1934), making a total of 1,056 cases treated. There were altogether 951 deliveries of which 193 cases were under the care of the Government Medical Officers and 758 under the Professor of Obstetrics and his Assistants.
299. The daily average number of patients in the hospital was 19 excluding infants.
300. The Nationalities of the patients were as follows:-
Malay 1 Portuguese 1 Japanese 17 Indians 72 Chinese 965 Total 1,056301. There were eight Maternal deaths. Twenty-nine infants were stillborn.
302. The reports of the Professors in charge of the various University Clinics will be found in Appendix D.
The Mental Hospital.
303. The Mental Hospital which is an annex to the Government Civil Hospital has accommodation for 14 Europeans and 18 Asiatics.