The medical report for the State of Selangor.

  • Selangor.
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: The medical report for the State of Selangor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in-doov patients were treated at this hospital during the year with 68 deaths, giving a death- rate of 8.44 per cent. This is a marked increase over the figures for the last year, which were 609 treated with 41 deaths, and a mortality of 6.73 per cent. Fourteen deaths occurred within 48 hours of admission, and, deducting these, the death- rate was 6.50 per cent. The average daily number of sick was 32.38. Out of the 805 patients treated, 584 were Tamils: and out of the 68 deaths, 52 were amongst Tamils. The prevailing diseases were fever 188, dysentery 81, diarrhoea 53 and beri-beri 58. The out-door patients numbered 1,597, of whom 630 were Tamils, 309 Chinese and 538 Malays. DISTRICT HOSPITAL, KOALA SELANGOR. Eight hundred and forty-seven patients were treated at this hospital with 133 deaths during the year, as against 767 and 116 deaths last year. The death-rate was 15.70 as against 15.12 in 1907. Twenty-one patients died within 48 hours of admission, and, if these deaths are deducted, the mortality was 13.55 per cent. Of the total treated, 748 were Tamils, 87 Chinese, 12 Malays and two Bengalese. The daily average number of sick was 55.05. The following were the prevalent diseases : Disease. Treated. Deaths. Death-rate. Malarial fever • • « • • • • . 244 14 5.73 Dysentery • • • • • » . ... 122 64 ... 52.45 Ulcer * • • , , , , ... 140 3 2.14 Anaemia ... • • • • • • < ... 82 26 ... 31.70 Rheumatism ... ..4 ... 45 1 2.22 Nine hundred and sixty-tliree patients received out-door relief during the year as against 1,635 last year. The majority were Tamils. BERI-BERI HOSPITAL, JERAM. Three hundred and fortv-seven patients were treated with 38 deaths, and a mortality of 10.95. Out of the total number of patients, 118 were treated for beri-beri, with a death-rate of 5.08 per cent. The daily average number of sick was 55.18. The nationalities of the patients treated were: Tamils 200, Chinese 120, Bengalese 3, Banjarese 8, Malays 10, Javanese 3, Singhalese 3. Three hundred and fifty-eight out-patients were treated as against 859 last year. One hundred and fifteen Malays applied for out-door relief.” DISTRICT HOSPITAL, KAJANG. The Apothecary in charge reports : “ One thousand eight hundred and twenty-two patients were treated, out of which 357 died, giving a death-rate of 19.59 per cent. Fifty-four patients died within 48 hours of admission, deducting these deaths, the death-rate was 17.13. Three thousand six hundred and sixty-three patients received out-door relief during the year. The year has been noted by the increase in the number of patients both out-door and in-door, and also bv the increase in the revenue from the sales of medicines and hospital charges.