Report on the sanitary condition of Singapore / by W.J. Simpson.

  • William Simpson
Date:
1907
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    1Y3 European Troops.—Return of Cases of Malarial Fever—continued. TOTAL. Class. Average Annual Srength. Cases of Malarial Fever. Deaths from Malarial Fever. No. Ratio pt-r 1,000 of Strength. No. Ratio per 1,000 of Strength. Officers 51 5 98-01 Warrant Officers, Non-Com¬ missioned Officers and Men 1,165 605|| 112-97 2 1-36 Women 61 16 262-30 1 16-39 Children 92 17 181-78 ... ... Total . 1,669 613 385-26 3 1-77 * Includes 253 patients admitted into hospital, and 61 men treated in barracks. >» *^1 )> }f 5) + i a 4- if L 1J 5? 51 u M 11 Note.—At Tanglin, in addition to the 136 cases of malarial fever among Warrant Officers, Non-Conmissioned Officers, and Men, there were 99 cases (88 patients admitted into hospital, and 11 men tieated in barracks) of “Simple continued Fever,” but no cases of the latter disease were recorded at the other stations mentioned above. With reference to the cases of “Simple continued Fever” at Tanglin, Major J. Ritchie, R.A.M.C., reports as follows : “The duration of these cases was short, and blood examination showed the presence of no malarial parasite.” H. H. JOHNSTON. Fort Canning, Singapore. Lieut-Colonel, R.A.3L.C., S.3I.O., S.S. 27th July, 1906. ASIATIC TROOPS. Return of Cases of Malarial Fever among the Asiatic Troops, at Singapore, Straits Settlements, during the Year 1905, Station. Average Annual Strength. Cases of Malarial Fever. Deaths from Malarial Fever. No. Ratio per 1,000 of strength. No. Ratio per 1,000 of strength. Blakan Mati and Fort Passir Panjang ... . . . . . . . • . ... . . . Pulau Brani... 10 72* 1800-00 ... • . • Fort Canning 193 61f 331-61 ... ... Tanglin and Norman ton Barracks ... • • • . . • ... . . . Alexandra Barracks • 710 112+ 200-00 ... ... T otal 913 278§ 291-80 ... * Includes 14 patients admitted into hospital and 58 men treated in barracks. 34 ,, „ . „ 30 ,, „ ,, J „ 142 patients admitted into hospital. § „ 190 ,, ,, „ 88 ,, ,, ,, Iii addition to the average annual strength of 943 Asiatic Troops, there was an average annual strength of 29 Asiatic women and 25 Asiatic children at Pulau Brani, and 8 Asiatic women and 8 Asiatic children at Fort Canning, but no record of malarial fever cases, among the families of Asiatic Troops, was kept during the year 1905. There were no Asiatic women and children at Alexandra Barracks. H. H. JOHNSTON, Fort Canning, Singapore, Lieut.-Colonel, R.A.3I.C., S.M.O., S.S. 21$£ August, 1906.
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