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

  • Kedah. Medical Department
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[1928]
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Credit: The annual report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah and Perlis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXPENDITURE (Health). Salaries and Allowances ... $20,114-14 $20,382-59 Other charges ... 7,613-50 10,343-71 Total ... $27,727-64 $30,726-30 The decrease in the Medical Revenue appears to be due to two causes:— (a) Due to the large increase in patients seeking admission during the latter part of the year, many patients had to to be discharged, as soon as convalescent, to make room for new cases; the average period of stay in hospital of paying patients was thus shortened. Though estate admissions were more than during 1345, the average period of each patient in hospital was shorter. (b) A large number of Tamil coolies were admitted as paupers; these were evidently discharged from estates, owing to the reduction of labour. PROPORTION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH EXPENDITURE. To total Revenue of the State. Deducting the revenue collected from the expenditure of the Medical Department the net expenditure was $294,940.95 which represents only 3.81 per cent, of the revenue of the State. --——-— — Similarly the net expenditure of the Health Branch represents only.40 per cent, of the State revenue. The total expenditure of both the branches was only 4.21 per cent, of the total revenue of Kedah. General. II. PUBLIC HEALTH. The health of the country generally lias not been quite so good as last year. The birth rate is lower and the death rate higher than in 1345—thus making the natural in¬ crease of population only 1642 as compared with 3015 in the previous year. Malaria. Communicable Diseases. “Malaria” and “Fever Unspecified” account as usual for the largest portion of the total deaths, but together, are not so great as in 1345—the figures being 4283 in 1346 and 4820 in 1345. The malarial seasonal incidence showed its rise earlier this year than usual—i.e., April to July period. Cholera. Actually four cases were recorded during the first week of the year, but as these were part of the small epidemic that was fully reported on in last year’s annual report, no further mention will be made of them here.
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