Notes and statistics on hospitals and dispensaries in Burma.

  • Burma.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Notes and statistics on hospitals and dispensaries in Burma. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statements D (i) and D (ii). Statements D (i) and D (ii). Statement F. Statement G. Statements H and J. The total number of deaths returned was 4,008 in 1917 among in-patients, and these were ascribed chiefly to “ Injuries ” 491, “ Pneumonia ” 350, Tubercle of the Lungs ”311, “ Plague ” 305, Malaria ” 292, “ Dysentery ” 282, ‘' Anaemia ” 233, “Diarrhoea” 224, “All other diseases of the Digestive system” 184, “ Diseases of the Nervous system” 131, and “ All other Infectious Diseases” 107. The death-rate under these diseases during 1917 is compared below with that in the previous year:— Diseases. 1916. 1917. Diseases. 1916. 1917- Injuries 3-26 3‘24 Diarrhoea 16*19 18*38 Pneumonia 3185 31*82 Al! other Diseases of the 7*19 6*78 Tubercle of the Lungs 32'7o 34'44 Digestive system. Plague 63*08 59*69 Diseases of the Nervous 11*76 12*38 Malaria 2-73 2*51 system. Dysentery i3‘3S l2.'Z9 All other Infectious Diseases ... 11*94 14*64 Anaemia 20-35 16*44 Most of the deaths in the hospitals occur among patients brought in a moribund condition and who are so hopelessly ill that recovery cannot be expected. 6. Military Police Hospitals.—The total number of patients treated at the Military Police Hospital were 16,008 (15,371 Police plus 637 Civil) in-door patients, and 94,787 (76,781 Police plus 18,006 Civil) out-door patients, against 15,094 in and 109,706 out-patients in 1916, and the decrease occurs chiefly among the out-patients both under Police and Civil. “Malaria” as usual contributed the largest number of cases treated, viz. 24,774. “All other Diseases of the Digestive system ” 14,326, “All other Diseases of the Respi¬ ratory system except Pneumonia and Tubercle of the Lungs ” 13,324, “ Ulcers ” 9,340 and “ Injuries ” 8,834 come next in order of numbers. There were 110 deaths among the in-door Police patients treated, 33 from Pneumonia, 16 from Malaria, 1 2 from All other Infectious Diseases, 6 each from “Tubercle of the Lungs” and “ Plague.” 7. Railway Hospitals and Dispensaries.—The total number of patients treated at the Railway Medical Institutions increased from 1,03,053 in 1916 to 113^579 in 1917. There was no change in the in-door accommodation provided, but the number of patients treated in-door rose from 864 in 1916 to 1,119 in the year under report, Malaria 186 and Injuries 160 contributing the largest numbers. There were 52 deaths in 1917 as against 32 in the year previous and the chief causes were “ All other diseases of the Digestive system” (9), “ Malaria” and “ Pneumonia ” (5) each and “ Plague ” and Tubercle of the Lungs ” (3) each. 8. The attendance by classes shows an increase except under “ Others.” There was a satisfactory increase of 10,015 among the Burmese, while the number of patients under “ Mahomedans,” “ Hindus ” and “ Europeans and Anglo-Indians” showed a rise of 2,914, 1,801 and 161 respectively. The ratio percentages of the different classes to the total treated were as follows:—■ 1917- 1916. 19*7. 1916. Europeans and Anglo-Indians 1-9 i*9 Burmese • • • 55*3 55*i Hindus 16*4 16*4 Others • • • 14*4 14'8 Mahomedans ii*9 ii*8 It was satisfactory to note that the attendance of Burmese females and children shows an appreciable increase over the figures for the year 1916. 9. No less than 56,148 operations were performed during the year under review against 52,786 in 1916 or an increase of 3,362. The number of patients operated on likewise showed an increase from 52,560 in 1916 to 55,655 in the year under review. The death-rate per mille among the patients operated on was 6’3 in 191 7 against 47 in the year previous. In Rangoon, 373 abdominal and 152 Gynaecological operations were performed with a mortality of 11 and 9 per cent. The higher death-rate is ascribed to a larger number of cases being operated on for Cancer of the Uterus in greatly debilitated patients. 10. The year under report opened with a balance of Rs. 85,003 against Rs. 79,817 in 1916. Under receipts, Government subsidies decreased from Rs. 9,27,804 in 1916 to Rs. 8,95,485 in 1917 and the grants from Local Funds including Municipalities increased from Rs. 8,41,136 in 1916 to Rs. 10,02,491 in 1917. Subscriptions and donations received from the public during the year under report fell from Rs. 60,816 in i9i6to Rs. 59,761 in 1917. This total excludes miscellaneous receipts under which there has -been a fall of Rs. 6,451 V