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

  • Kedah and Perlis. Medical Department.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: The annual report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah and Perlis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are as follows: Inpatients Treated. patients treated in the hospita' Is and prison sick wards during the past Year. No . Treated. Deaths Percentage of Deatlis. 1341 13,020 945 7.25 1342 13,657 1,021 7.48 1343 16,659 1,246 7.47 1344 21,336 1,503 7.04 1345 21,472 1,841 8.57 Excluding 510 deaths, which occurred within 48 hours of admission, the death rate for 1345 A. H. was G.19. The percentage of deaths occurring within 48 hours of admission was 27.70. The number treated and the number of deaths in each hospital during 1345 A. H. were as follows:— Hospital. No. Treated. Deaths. Percentage of Deaths. Alor Star ‘ 4,190 257 6.13 Sungei Patau i 7,475 675 9.03 Kulim 4,593 415 9.03 Kuala Ketil 2,232 248 11.11 Serdang 1,322 130 9.83 Bandar Bahru 676 51 7.54 Baling 478 37 7.74 Langkawi 268 16 5.97 Prison Sick Wards:— Alor Star 169 8 4.73 Sungei Patani 46 1 2.17 Kulim 23 3 13.04 Total 21,472 1,841 8.57 The nationalities of Indoor patients were •_ Europeans 22 Eurasians 3 Malays 1,134 Chinese 5,875 Indians 14,287 Javanese 26 Japanese . . . 1 Others ... 124 > Total ... ... 21,472 The average daily number of inpatients in the various Hospitals was as follows:— Hospital. 1341. 1342. 1343. 1344. 1345. Alor Star 196.05 174.57 207.87 203.91 183.71 Sungei Patani 164.29 227.22 27].02 320.76 312.05 Kulim 121.12 134.23 157.52 161.12 184.45 Kuala Ketil 109.23 105.90 100.86 145.79 117.94 Serdang 49.55 44.93 40.01 68.30 76.80 Bandar Bahru 27.14 19.96 22.92 35.56 31.39 Baling 17.70 12.68 12.21 17.70 18.27 Langkawi 15.25 12.00 6.45 11.91 13.20 Prison Sick Wards. Alor Star 4.68 6.40 9.46 7.68 7.31 Sungei Patani 2.42 2.81 1.58 2.44 2.25 Kulim 2.81 1.36 1.03 .06 1.30