Medical report / Federated Malay States.

  • Federated Malay States. Medical Department.
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Medical report / Federated Malay States. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Supplement to the “ F.M.S. Government Gazette ” October 9,1914. - ----—-1——- v > FEDERATED MALAY STATES. — MEDICAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1913. VITAL STATISTICS. The estimated population of the Federated Malay States for the year 1913 is returned at 1,117,625. ' J The number of deaths 38,000, giving a death-rate of 34.0 per mille as against 40, . AT,_A- Ol-r O »n • ° a death-rate of 37.8 per mille in 1912. ,yui ami BIRTHS. Total births registered were 26,349. The birth-rate is therefore 23.05 per mille. Compared with 1912 the following nationalities show an increase: Increase. Decrease. Europeans ••• ••• ••• m » • • • .65 Eurasians 1.46 Chinese 1.72 Malays 3.28 Indians ... ii. ... 4.17 • MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. Gaol Lunatic Leper Hospitals. hospitals. asylums. asylums. Perak . 16 3 1 2 Selangor . 12 1 1 ... 1 Negri Sembilan 7 1 I 1 J Pahang . 5 4 Total ... 40 9 2 3 The number of in-patients treated was : Number • treated. Deaths. Per cent. Perak . 45,349 3,670 8.09 Selangor... . 32,173 3,154 9. 8 Negri Sembilan ... . 17,064 1,451 8.50 Pahang ... . 6,074 • • • 378 6.22 Total ... 100,660 ... 8,653 an increase of 3,498 on the previous year. The following list gives details of nationalities : Perak. Selangor. Negri Sembilan. Pahang. Total. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. Europeans ... Eurasians ... Chinese Malays Indians Others ( 170 54 22,121 2,137 17,447 138 203 75 24,217 2,142 18,598 114 305 126 16,935 1,136 12,157 1,512 357 148 15,559 1,228 13,114 1,767 105 29 9,787 954 6,425 99 133 50 9,903 919 5,871 188 11 10 2,462 894 1,992 156 19 8 2,939 978 2,072 58 591 219 51,305 5,121 38,021 1,905 712 281 52,618 5,267 39,655 2,127 Total ... 42,067 45,349 32,171 32,173 V 17,399 17,064 5,525 6,074 97,162 100,660 Out-patient attendances = 251,590 Perak Selangor ... Negri Sembilan ... Pahang ... an increase of 5,819 over 1912. Hospitals and dispensaries. . 74,817 . 66,907 . 31,278 . 26,210 \- Total ... 199,212 Travelling dispensaries. 49,769 668 1,941 52,378 Two thousand five hundred and sixty Malays attended the Kuala Pilah Hospital as out-patients.