Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1931]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Administration— Page (a) Staff ... ... ••• ••• ••• 1 (b) Ordinances ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 (c) P'inancial ... ... ••• ••• ••• 3 II. Public Health— (a) General remarks ... ... ••• 4 (b) General diseases ... ... ••• ••• 5 (c) Dangerous infectious diseases ... ... .. 6 (of) Other infectious diseases ... ... ... ... 6 (e) Malaria ... ... •• ••• ••• 7 (/) Bowel diseases ... .. ••• ••• 8 (g) Diphtheria ... ... ... ••• ... 8 (h) Scarlet fever ... ... ... ... ••• 8 (i) Venereal diseases ... ... ... ... 8 (j) Leprosy ... ... ... ... ••• 9 (k) Helminthic diseases ... ... ... ••• 9 (l) Improvement of Public Health ... ... ... io (m) Vital Statistics ... ... ... ... io III. Hygiene and Sanitation— A. —Organisation of the Health Branch ... ... ... 12 B. —General review of work done— (i) Preventive measures ... ... ... 13 (ii) General Sanitation and Village Conservancy ... 15 (iii) School Hygiene ... ... ... ... 17 (iv) Labour conditions ... ... ... ... iS (v) Housing and Town Planning ... ... ... 18 (vi) Food in relation to Health and Disease ... ... iS C. —Measures taken to spread the knowledge of Hygiene and Sanitation ... ... ... ... ... 19 D. —Training of Sanitary Personnel ... ... .. 19 IV Port Health V/ork and Administration — A. —Singapore ... ... ... ... ... 20 «*■ B. —Penang ... ... ... ... ... 22 V. King Edward VII College of Medicine— Abstract of Annual Report ... ... ... ... 25 VI. Maternity and Child Welfare— I. Maternity Hospitals ... ... ... ... 27 II. Training and work of Midwives ... ... ... 27 III. Infant and Child Welfare Services ... ... ... 28 IV. Associated Activities— 29