The annual report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah and Perlis.

  • Kedahand Perlis. Medical Department.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: The annual report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah and Perlis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RESULTS OF DRESSERS’ AND HEALTH INSPECTORS’ EXAMINATIONS. Dressers (Moharram: June, 1929) .. Dressers (Rejab: December, 1929) .. No. Candidates. I Grade—8 II Grade—1 III Grade-18 I Grade—4 II Grade—2 III Grade-16 Results. 1 passed 7 failed 1 „ 8 passed 10 failed 1 passed 3 failed 1 passed 1 failed 2 passed 14 failed Total Candidates 49—13 passed and 36 failed. Out of the total number, 19 candidates were from Estates, of whom 6 passed. No. Candidates. Results. Health Inspectors (Moharram: June, 1929) .. I Grade—5 4 passed 1 failed „ (Rejab: December, 1929) .. I Grade—1 1 „ II Grade—1 1 „ Total candidates 7—4 passed and 3 failed. The question of regular classes for Dressers is under consideration. One Health Inspector who was sent to Singapore for the Sanitary Inspestors’ Course (May to November, 1929) failed in his examination for the Royal Sanitary Institute’s Diploma, POPULATION. The estimated population of Kedah according to races is: Malays 282,076, Chinese 67,155, Indians 50,399, Europeans 402, Eurasians 160, Others 9,136, Total 409,328. Appendix A gives the totals for the last 10 years. Appendices B—H give details of births and deaths and appendix I shews the the principal causes of deaths. DISTRICTS. For administrative purposes the State is divided into three Districts—namely, North, Central and South Kedah. North Kedah has an area of 1,549 square miles with an approximate population of 210,000. This area is mostly flat rice (paddy) land. The population for the most part is Malay. Central Kedah has an area of 1,546 square miles, with a population of 131,1800. South Kedah has an area of 553 square miles, with a population of 67,600. The last two districts contain most of the Rubber Estates in Kedah, and a large proportion of the population is Indian. MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. North Kedah (adjoining South Siam). Hospital, Alor Star „ Langkawi Island Outdoor Dispensary, Alor Star Town. „ „ Changloon. Central Kedah. Hospital, Sungei Patani „ Kuala Ketil „ Baling Outdoor Dispensary, Sik. 5 y „ Yen. 364 50 beds 5? 400 150 28 beds