Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of Singapore.
- Singapore. Medical Department
- Date:
- [1949]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of Singapore. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![APPENDIX X—continued Return of Diseases and Deaths for the Year 1949—continued Diseases Remaining at end of 1948* Yearly Total Total cases treatedf Remaining at end of 1949+ Remarks Admis¬ sions Deaths Brought forward 1,884 14,002 1,852 15,886 2,021 IX.—Diseases of the Digestive System—(contd.) 119. Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years) 16 576 235 592 12 120. Diarrhoea and enteritis (2 years and over):—- (1) Colitis . . 25 1 25 (2) Otherwise defined. including gastro- enteritis 6 232 17 238 1 121. Appendicitis 10 484 11 494 11 122. Hernia, Intestinal obstrue- tion:— (1) Hernia 10 261 2 271 6 (2) Strangulated hernia 2 52 6 54 (3) Intestinal obstrue- tion (including in- tussusception) . 42 21 42 2 123. Other diseases of the intes- ' tines:— (1) Constipation, intes- tinal stasis . . 29 29 (2) Diseases of Rectum or Anus i 29 30 (3) Others, e.g.. intes- tinal colic 4 187 4 191 8 124. Cirrhosis of liver (non-syphilitic):— (1) Alcoholic 3 12 4 15 (2) Not returned as alco- holic 1 69 22 70 4 125. Other diseases of the liver: — (1) Acute yellow atrophy 6 4 6 (2) Toxic hepatitis 1 60 2 ■ 61 1 (3) Amoebic abcess and hepatitis 4 58 9 62 2 (4) Others . . 2 9 4 11 126. Biliary calculi or Biliary colic 1 29 6 30 1 127. Other diseases of the srall bladder and ducts:— , (1) Cholecystitis without record of calculi 3 61 1 64 6 (2) Others, e.g. catarrhal jaundice 21 4 2 ] 128. Diseases of the pancreas (ex- eluding diabetes mellitus) 5 O 5 129. Peritonitis, without stated cause:— (1) Acute . . 32 17 32 1 % (2) Chronic 16 I 16 18,247 |](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31415003_0208.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
