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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    PREVAILING DISEASES. 1343 1344 1345 Diseases. ZTl O' xn c3 O Deaths. xn i*—i r—1 J* Cases. Deaths. xn Q x 0\ O' Q Cases. Deaths. Deaths 0/ ] /o Malaria 5994 301 5.02 8209 419 5.10 7984 544 6.81 Dysentery, Amoebic 427 88 20.60 466 97 20.81 759 206 26.74 „ Bacillary 615 123 20.00 731 155 21.20 485 116 23.71 Venereal Diseases 962 16 1.66 1050 22 2.09 804 14 1.74 Respiratory Diseases (other than P. Tuberculosis) 997 186 18.65 1128 221 19.59 1166 242 20J5 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 225 113 50.22 287 150 52.26 251 136 54,13 Ankylostomiasis 1221 128 10.48 1160 109 9.39 1457 125 8.57 Ulcers 972 6 .61 1410 7 .49 1355 9 .66 Wounds 732 14 1.91 1043 8 .76 976 23 2.35 Other Diseases 4514 271 6.00 5852 315 5.38 6235 426 683. Total 16659 1249 7.47 2 1336 1503 7.04 21472 1841 8.57 Malaria. The total number of Blood films examined for Malaria in the various follows:— Hospitals was as Hospital. m;t Alor Star 290 Sungei Patani 674 Kulim 845 Kuala Ketil 199 Serdang 160 Bandar Bahru 49 Baling 31 Langkawi 10 Total ... ■2,258 B.T. Quartan . Negative. Total. 816 9 2,125 3,240 1,297 67 2,992 5,030 809 8 2,791 4,453 405 5 1,38.1 1,990 159 30 514 863 31 2 93 175 101 — 295 427 57 — 154 221 3,675 121 10,345 16,399 I am afraid these figures are by no means reliable as the examinations are nearly always done by the Dressers, who, I regret to say, are very inclined to treat this as a waste of time and do not pay the attention they should to the work. Dysentery. Amoebic Dysentery, 759 cases with 200 deaths, a rate per cent of 5>fi 74 Q • , Arr cases and 97 deaths during 1344 A.H. ~ agamst 466 and Bacillary Dysentery, 485 cases with 110 deaths, a rate per cent, of 23 71 against 731 155 deaths during 1344 x\. H. ' <A» abamst <31 cases afe ty'haie'Wed matWe pZaps ’ arrival at Hospital very weak and emaciated ^ *”d ~ °ften< on