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the demands for medical service increased, and as the time of the
Bureau of Health doctors was somewhat limited, it became necessary to employ a physician for full time general medical service. full-time physician was on duty daily at the Headquarters clinic. He visited patients in their quarters for day and night calls as needed. Some of the patients who were hospitalized were also
under his care. In the Manila area a total of 403 patients were
given attention through the Health and Hospitalization Section.
A general classification of illness follows:
0
Medical Surgical Maternity.
D
Pregnant Deliveries
Newborn
Eve
•
•
Ear Skin Dental
Miscellaneous
Total
239
19
35
35
11
11
11
17
31
7
33
403
Letters, including reports on those who had been ill, were written and presented to the physicians in charge of ships taking
evacuees to Australia. The following information was given for
each patient: name, age, ailment,
ailment, remarks as to treatment and
present condition. An effort was made to see that all who had
In some cases it was been ill were comfortably accommodated.
possible to arrange for better accommodations after conferences
with physicians and others in authority on the ships.
Gastro intestinal disturbances proved to be one of the prin-
cipal causes of illness, due, to a certain extent, to inadequate
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