The medical report for the State of Selangor.

  • Selangor.
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: The medical report for the State of Selangor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FEDERATED MALAY STATES. STATE OE SELANGOR. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1906. 252,502 283,619 ' 2,820 8,303 79,397 42,797 9.942 29.275 , .. ’. . ■ . . . . , . a . These statistics are, as regards the number of immigrants and emigrants, tlxe birth- and death- rate, and the total population, by no means correct, as only those persons entering or leaving the State by sea are registered, no note being taken of the large number of persons travelling to and fro by the railway to Penang and Malacca. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION OP SEASONS. The rainfall registered at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, was 86.74 inches as against 98.96 inches in the previous year. The mean temperature taken at Kuala Lumpur was 80°.4 F. as against 80°.3 F. in 1905. The mean maximum temperature was 90°.2 F. and the mean minimum 71°. 7 F. POPULATION. The estimated population of the State of Selangor : On 31st December, 1905, was ... „ „ 1906 .. The number of births registered during the year was „ deaths registered ,, „ The approximate number of immigrants was.,. „ „ emigrants „ ... The birth-rate per mille per annum was The death-rate NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED IN ALL HOSPITALS. The number of patients treated, with number of deaths and case mortality, is shown by the following table: Year. No. treated. No. of deaths. Percentag 1902 . 18,173 2,087 11.48 1903 . 14,425 1,872 12.97 1904 14,319 1,534 10.71 1905. . 16,382 1,856 11.73 1906 . 18,963 2,428 12.80 The large increase in the number of patients treated is principally due to a very large increase in the number of coolies employed on rubber estates. The increase has been most marked at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. The number of patients under treatment in which on the 31st December, 1906, was 161 as against 88 on the 31st December, 1905 ; and at the District Hospital, Klang, where 199 patients were treated on the 31st December, 1906, as against 110 the on 31st December, 1905. The death-rate for all hospitals was 12.80 per cent., which is about 1 per cent, higher than during the previous year. This I do not consider unsatisfactory considering the large number of weakly immigrants that have been admitted to the hospitals. PREVAILING DISEASES. The following diseases were responsible for the largest proportion of sickness and mortality: Disease. No. treated. No. of deaths. Percentage of deaths. 1905. 1906. 1905. 1900. 1905. 1900. Beri-beri 2,215 1,896 330 365 14.89 19.25 Malarial fever .,. 2,109 3,397 173 348 8.20 10.24 Pulmonary disease 1,078 948 284 262 26.34 27.63 Dysentery 958 1,224 303 437 31.62 35.70 Venereal disease 660 942 10 23 1.51 2.44 Diarrhoea 592 910 168 344 28.37 37.80