Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of Singapore.

  • Singapore. Medical Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of Singapore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX V Maternity and Child Health Rural Centres Year 1948 Year 1949 Visits to Homes by Health Nurses 61,431 40,121 Midwives’ work: Home Visits, Pre-natal 4,793 5,846 Confinements attended 6,545 7,849 Nursing Visits to Mothers and Babies 33,363 38,978 Patients in labour sent to Hospital 165 266 Attendances at Clinics: Pre-natal .. 15,597 23,168 Infants under one year 68,478 85,385 Children over one year examined and treated .. .. .. .. 21*019 47,208 Vaccinations 11,224 11,620 t APPENDIX VI Return of Milk Distribution at Rural Health Clinics for 1949 Clinics Number of Feeds Total Amount used Mothers Children Powdered Milk Pasir Panjang and Islands 29,275 24,620 53,£95 2*246 Bukit Timah 74,451 112,689 187,140 6,074 Jurong .. Bukit Panjang and Lim 27,645 4,900 32,545 2,760 Chu Kang 27,705 52,727 80,432 2,756 Seletar . . 1,920 51,160 53,080 2,095 Yio Chu Kang . . 6,915 27,563 34,478 1,241 Upper Serangoon 23,281 51,183 74,464 2,426 Lorong Tai Seng 8,310 24,552 32,862 1,044 Kampong Batak .. 22,455 56,245 78,700 2,845 East Coast and Ulu Bedok 25,710 44,159 69,869 2,616 Changi and Pulau Tekong 15,661 31,126 46,787 2,146 Grand Total .. 263,328 480,924 744,252 28,249