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381. The following special tests have been carried out:
(From January to December, 1938)
Table LVI.
Blood urea 34 Blood sugar 9 Blood sedimentation rate 291 Fractional test meal 95 Histamine test meal 5 Urea clearance test 5REMARKS:
Adult In-patients and Out-patients.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis:
382. A small number of cases were treated and reference to special methods is made under "Special Investigations."
Fewer cases were seen in the out-patient department. Most cases of this disease were sent to Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kennedy Town, which was kept open throughout the year.
Tuberculosis:
383. Pulmonary infection makes up the great mass of admissions and of those attending the out-patient department = 330 cases.
Malaria:
384. The three common types of infection especially S.T. maintain a fairly high figure in both in-patient and out-patient department.
Metazoan infections:
385. Ankylostomiasis, ascariasis and clonorchiasis have a high incidence.
Anterior poliomyelitis:
3 cases only admitted and 2 seen in out-patient department.
The low figures are interesting in view of the fact that in Japan and North China there has been a high incidence comparatively recently.
Diabetes mellitus:
387. Met with frequently in the out-patient department.
Beri-beri:
388. 42 cases were admitted referred to under "Special Investigations" - 106 were seen in the out-patient department.
Duodenal and gastric ulcer:
389. Fewer cases were admitted than last year but the incidence of gastric disease in the out-patient department was high.
Constipation:
390. Incidence in out-patient department is very high - opium addiction is a causation in some only. This persistent constipation is the cause of much general ill-health. It is not rare to meet with cases of female patients whose bowels move once in 6 or 7 days.