Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements.

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

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    APPENDIX “B” Pulau Jerejak Settlement ANNUAL REPORT 1931 Inmates— Number remaining on 31-12-30 Admitted during the year 1931 Total treated 1,040 as compared with 1,058 for the previous year. S60 180 i93i 1930 Died 88 125 Absconded 23 53 Discharged—Relieved 8) Relieved ) 4 Cured 4i 12 Cured ) Nil Transferred 238 16 The eight inmates who were discharged as relieved were Indians and were -repatriated by the Labour Department to their native country. Remaining on 31-12-31 :—679 classified as follows : — Colonial Lepers Kedah Lepers Perak Lepers Selangor Lepers Kelantan Lepers Chinese Indians Malays Eurasians Others Total Total 535 95 24 8 17 679 53i 117 10 14 7 679 Daily average number of inmates was 690-60 as compared with 860-90 for the previous year. Death rate as compared with the rate for the previous ten years : — Year Inmates Deaths Rate 1921 ... 655 201 30-69 1922 699 186 26-61 1923 688 140 20-31 1924 ... 726 130 17-91 192 5 ... 831 117 14-08 1926 850 117 13-76 1927 ... ... 871 122 14-01 1928 897 102 11-37 1929 ... 990 105 io'6i 1930 ... ... 1,058 125 ir8i 1931 1,040 88 8-46 The chief causes of deaths during the year were Pulmonary Tuberculosis — ... 21 Septicaemia ... ... ... 15 Senility ... ... 18 Pneumonia ... ... 6 Dysentery ... • 5