(iv) Operations :-
By Government officers. University staff
(v) Deaths-
Total General in-patients Maternity cases
M 38 1,269 1,468 1,162 1,188 2,431 2,656 686 820 10
Total 689 830
Still-births 30 27
(vi) Mortality rates per thousand :-
General in-patients 67.8 85.7
Maternity cases 4.0 9.2
Combined 63.7 77.9
161. In 1939, in-patients in Government hospitals on the Island numbered 16,079. This compares with 10,819 in 1938. The daily average was 253 in 1937, 362 in 1938 and 791 in 1939. A corresponding increase occurred in the number of out-patients treated in certain of the more important Government clinics during the year. In this connexion, the increase of work at the welfare centres has already been noted in a previous section.
162. The relevant figures for new cases were as follows:
Table XX.
OUT-PATIENTS (NEW CASES) QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.
Former Government Civil Hospital Queen Mary Hospital Total Queen's Road clinic Total in 1938 in 1939 in 1939 General 10,506 51,642 44,575 62,148 Medical (University) Unit 2,501 1,644 Surgical (University) Unit Gynaecological (University) Unit. Children (University) Unit Eye clinic (Government) 2,912 4,515 2,912 Venereal diseases (Government) 1,934 2,783 1,934 Dental clinic 583 583 Ear, nose and throat clinic 1,229 3,189 3,622 4,418 Ante-natal clinic 1,888 1,627 1,888 1,063* 218 1,063 1,515 1,733 1,492 1,492 Total 14,508 56,719 8,588 59,623 79,815* Including fifty-two general anaesthetics.