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Annexe D.
CIVIL HOSPITAL,
REPORT BY DR. W. V. M. KOCH, Superintendent.
CHANGES IN THE STAFF.
The Matron, Miss Maker, and Sister Barrow, were invalided out of the Service on account of ill health, Sister Jacobs was transferred to the Medical Department of the Federated Malay States, and Sisters Gorham, Barlow and Kelsey went on home leave. Five Japanese Staff Nurses have been engaged temporarily and are in charge of the Nursing in B Block.
STATISTICS.
The total number of admissions was 2,969 as against 3,085 in 1915. In the out-patient department 12,620 prescriptions were dispensed as against 14,499 in 1915, and 4,230 vaccinations were performed as against 170.
The average daily number of sick was 101 as against 102.
The following Tables are attached :—
1. Admissions and Deaths under respective Diseases. 2. Yearly Admissions for Malaria from each Police Station. 3. Number and Class of Patients admitted during the last ten years, and deaths.Women and Children.--There were 532 women admitted as against 417 in 1915 with a death rate of 11%, and 180 children with a death rate of 17% as against 176.
Deaths.-The deaths numbered 195 making a percentage of 6.4 as against 155 with a percentage of 5 in 1915. Of these deaths 88 occurred within 24 hours of admission.
The Nationality of Patients admitted.-Europeans 441 as against 479, Indians and Coloured 674 as against 800, Asiatics 1,943 as against 1,806.
The death rate was: -Europeans 2.2 per cent., Indians 3 per cent., Asiatics 8.5 per cent.
M 31
Annexe D.
CIVIL HOSPITAL,
REPORT BY DR. W. V. M. KосH, Superintendent.
CHANGES IN THE STAFF.
The Matron, Miss Maker, and Sister Barrow, were invalided out of the Service on account of ill health, Sister Jacobs was transferred to the Medical Department of the Federated Malay States, and Sisters Gorham, Barlow and Kelsey went on home leave. Five Japanese Staff Nurses have been engaged temporarily and are in charge of the Nursing in B Block.
STATISTICS.
The total number of admissions was 2,969 as against 3,085 in 1915. In the out-patient department 12,620 prescriptions were dispensed as against 14,499 in 1915, and 4,230 vaccinations were performed as against 170.
The average daily number of sick was 101 as against 102.
The following Tables are attached :—
1. Admissions and Deaths under respective Diseases.
2. Yearly Admissions for Malaria from each Police
Station.
3. Number and Class of Patients admitted during the
last ten years, and deaths.
Women and Children.--There were 532 women admitted as against 417 in 1915 with a death rate of 11%, and 180 children with a death rate of 17% as against 176.
Deaths.-The deaths numbered 195 making a percentage of 64 as against 155 with a percentage of 5 in 1915. Of these deaths 88 occurred within 24 hours of admission.
The Nationality of Patients admitted.-Europeans 441 as against 479, Indians and Coloured 674 as against 800, Asiatics 1,943 as against 1,806.
The death rate was: -Europeans 2.2 per cent., Indians 3 cent., Asiatics 8.5 per cent.
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