Annual report of the Medical Department / Federated Malay States.

  • Federated Malay States. Medical Department.
Date:
[1933]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Federated Malay States. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The existing hospital accommodation at the end of the year, and the average daily number of in-patients during the year, in the four States is shown hereunder: Total number of beds. Average daily number of patients. 1932. 1933. 1932. 1933. Perak 8,107 ... . 2,996 ... 1,582 . . • 1,308 Selangor 1,519 ... . 1,488 ... 1,023 *.. 976 Negri Sembilan 1,139 .. . 1,157 670 • . . 694 Pahang 678 .. 696 400 VV 428 Table III (page 57) sets out the full return of all cases treated as in-patients. As a ready indication of the comparative incidence of those diseases or groups of diseases which were responsible for a large number of admissions, the following summary is here included : Prevailing Diseases Among Hospital Patients. Diseases. Admissions. Deaths. Mortality. Malaria 17,146 ... 686 ... 4.00 Venereal disease ... 3,769 ... 77 ... 2.04 Influenza 3,788 ... 8 ... .21 Chest Affections— Bronchitis 2,418 ... 57 ... 2.36 Pneumonia and broncho- pneumonia 1,873 ... 908 ... 48.48 Pulmonary tuberculosis ... 1,848 ... 821 ... 44.43 Intestinal Affections— Dysentery 1,096 ... 197 ... 17.98 Diarrhoea and enteritis ... 1,306 ... 220 ... 16.85 Other Affections— Helminthic diseases 2,379 ... 8 ... .34 Beri-beri 384 ... 45 ... 11.72 Anaemia ... 1,028 ... 200 ... 19.45 Surgical Conditions— Chronic ulcers 3,486 ... 9 ... .26 Wounds 3,118 ... 35 ... 1.12 Fractures, etc. 2,605 ... 72 ... 2.76 Abscesses, etc. 2,247 ... 47 ... 2.09