Report of the Ministry of Health / [Ghana Government].

  • Ghana. Ministry of Health.
Date:
[1954]
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    APPENDIX “C” (To Chapter III—General Hospital Services) TABLE LI I ANALYSIS OF HOSPITAL RETURNS 'BY REGIONS—1954 IN-PATIENTS OUT-PATIENTS Region Admissions Discharges Deaths 1 New Cases Total Attendance Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Accra 4,922 6,432 4,203 6,245 398 196 45,002 36,144 78,964 66,247 Eastern 3,700 3,521 3,399 3,280 91 93 40,203 25,375 78,014 59,686 Western 7,940 6,129 7,525 5,853 331 261 62,033 31,566 157,423 103,084 Trans-Volta/ Togoland ... 2,069 2,239 2,018 2,162 90 76 16,008 16,241 28,100 33,041 Ashanti 4,877 5,949 4,760 5,625 235 215 56,918 33,065 144,622 80,062 Northern Territories ... 5,528 3,484 5,166 3,205 342 228 40,513 26,715 187,743 153,151 Total 29,036 27,754 27,071 26,370 1,487 1,069 198,674 169,106 674,866 495,271 TABLE LI 11 ATTENDANCES AT HOSPITALS OF CHILDREN UNDER 16, 1954 Region In-patients New Out-patients 1 Total number Children under 16 years % age of children to total in-patients Total number Children under 16 years % age of children to total out-patients Accra 6,525 1,309 20-06 52,873 10,401 19-67 Eastern 6,055 1,033 17-06 60,989 9,129 14 -97 Western ... 9,837 1,337 13-59 59,707 12,685 21 -24 Trans-Volta/Togoland 4,804 1,264 26 -31 29,026 9,353 32 -22 Ashanti 11,394 1,382 12-13 61,022 12,207 20-00 Northern Territories 4,855 1,896 39 -05 36,455 16,074 44 -09 Total 43,470 8,221 18-91 (G.C.) 300,072 69,849 23 -28 (G.C.) TABLE LIV BED-STRENGTH OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS BY REGIONS: 1953-54 Region Male Beds Female Beds Cots Isolation Beds Estimated Population 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 1954 Accra .. 196 196 197 197 130 148 8 8 262,200 Eastern 114 120 62 87 39 41 — — 692,300 Western 310 308 186 184 64 76 — — 966,200 Trans-Volta/Togoland 65 65 62 62 32 32 — — 565,600 Ashanti 153 105 111 112 66 54 — — 927,800 Northern Territories 171 268 126 125 42 56 12 4 1,121,900 4,536,000