Annual report on hospitals and dispensaries in Burma.

  • Burma.
Date:
[1935]
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Credit: Annual report on hospitals and dispensaries in Burma. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14. Statement D, shows in the main, the geographical distribution of the diseases treated in all classes of Medical Statement D. Institutions in Burma. The total number of patients treated throughout the year was 3,445,345 with 7,295 deaths (‘21 per cent). As is usual, Malaria accounts for the largest number of patients, the total number affected being 385,284 (406,424). The reduction in the number is presumably due to a recognition by those who reside in malarious areas, of the beneficial results in taking the necessary precautions against infection and re-infection by the malarial parasite. Some of the other important diseases were “ Diseases of the Respiratory System ” 295,873 (288,496), Injuries 275,13 8 (258,903), Ulcerative Inflammation 244,017 (239,043). 15. The policy of surveying Leprosy infected areas and thereafter establishing leprosy clinics to treat those leper patients discovered by the Special Leprosy Officer was continued during the year, while the Leper Homes continued to contribute their quota towards alleviating the sufferings of those afflicted with this disease. In regard to the venereal diseases, the total number of patients who suffered from all forms of this disease were 62,134 (51,683). A comprehensive note on the subject of venereal diseases was submitted to Government during the year and it is hoped that before long important measures to reduce the incidence of this disease will be introduced. There were 5,958 patients who attended hospitals for Tuberculosis of the Lungs against (6,389). This number is still high and indicates the dire necessity of the establishment of Tuberculosis Sanatoria and Clinics in Burma. During the year I was asked by the Red Cross Society, Burma Branch, of which I am a member, to suggest suitable sites and to put up a scheme for the establishment of a Tuberculosis Clinic in Burma. This has been done, and it is hoped that with the aid, inter alia, of Government, and a few philanthropic commercial and other institu¬ tions it will not be long before the establishment of a sanatorium in Burma will be a fait accompli. Statement E. 16. Surgical Treatment.—The total number of operations including secondary operations performed during the year was 136,743 (125,405). The total number of patients operated upon also showed an increase, viz., 120,635 (115,034). The increase in the number of operations may be attributed to the increase in the number of patients who submitted themselves for surgical treatment, which increase in turn may be attributed to the gradual elimination of the feeling of dread and terror of the peopfle to submit themselves to such risks as surgical interference or treatment connoted. Operations on Veins,” as usual, accounted for the largest number of operations, 44,894 (39,339) of such operations being performed in