Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana.

  • British Guiana. Medical Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XX H. IN-PATIENTS DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1939. Class of Patients Treated. Georgetown New Amsterdam. Suddic. Bartica. Mabaruma. Kamakusa. Potaro, Seamen 64 2 Pay Patients ... 2,545 474 142 1.39 33 7 Policemen 319 38 6 1 1 2 6 Race: Europeans (otherthan Portuguese)... 179 22 6 11 1 Europeans (Portuguese) ... 548 31 26 13 6 1 Mixed 1.382 268 156 228 165 12 East Indians ... 4,69!) 1,418 1,252 117 68 4 Chinese 127 18 6 2 Blacks 7,379 1,650 604 320 96 44 12 Aboriginal Indians 129 24 102 93 239 4 2 Total 14,443 3,431 2,152 781 565 64 15 OUT-PATIENTS DEPARTMENT.—PUBLIC HOSPITALS. George¬ town. New Am¬ sterdam. Suddie. Bartica. Maba¬ ruma. Kama¬ kusa. Potaro. Humber of Out-Patients attended to with Pauper Certificates Number of Out-Patients attended to with Poverty 20,154 6,613 6,484 2,455 118 ... Certificates Number of Out-Patients and casualties without 13,269 4,313 635 712 ... ... ... Certificates Number of Out-Patients treated during the year 2,772 2,800 ... 1,950 1,214 469 (exclusive of repeats) Number of Government Employees attended to as 36,195 12,726 7,119 3,167 2,068 1.214 469 Out-Patients 1,463 2.38 140 .36 49 50 12 Number of Prescriptions dispensed for In-Patients 95,902 23,495 .3,176 1,700 3,758 157 32 Number of Prescriptions dispensed for Out-Patients 63,940 17,258 9,484 4,510 2,888 1,284 583 Table XXIII. RETURN OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS. Operations. Public Hoppital, Georgetown. Public Hospital, NfW Amsterdam. Public Hospital, Suddie. Public Hospital, Bartica. Public Hospital, Mabaruma. Public Hospital, Kamakusa, Public Hospital, Potaro. a. © CD a O 09 J3 -4-5 cs © Q CD <D CO CS o CQ © Q CO © CD eg O 30 -45 ce © Q oa © to as o GO XJ -45 a © O © UQ eS CO X -45 ec © « © ca CC O GO X: S © . CO © co O CD rC -4* c6 © Q Head and Neck 242 2 60 16 1 i Upper Extremity 83 68 ... 20 ... 4 6 ... Lower Extremity 166 4 74 26 -3 2 Thorax 37 1 7 3 ... 1 Abdomen 533 30 99 2 46 3 1 3 1 Back and Vertebrae 2 . .. 1 Genito-Urinary System 1,034 16 lie ... 28 1 21 1 3 ... Total 2,087 53 414 2 139 4 30 1 17 1 ... ... ... ... Opbthalmio Department. 137. 5,640 patients were treated during the year as against 5,675 for the pre¬ vious year. The following table shows the distribution ; — Table XXIV. Public Hospital. In-door Patients. ' Out door Patients. Paying. Pauper. Paykrg, Pauper. M. E. T. M. F. T. M, F. T. M. F. T. Georgetown 40 4.3 83 149 130 279 703 695 1,398 1,669 1,792 3,461 New Amsterdam 3 1 4 8 4 12 85 69 154 87 80 167 Suddie 1 1 1 3 4 14 10 24 28 26 53 Total 44 44 88 158 137 295 802 774 1,576 1,784. 1,897 3,681