Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department.

  • Singapore. Municipality Health Department.
Date:
[1951]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Other Diseases and Observations TABLE X OTHER DISEASES Remain¬ ing 31-12-50 Admitted Dis¬ charged Died Remain¬ ing 31-12-51 Cerebral Haemorrhage 1 • • 1 Soft Syphilitic Hemiplegia 1 1 Neuromyelitic Optica 1 1 • • Tetanus 1 1 Encephalitis 2 2 Tonsilitis 110 109 1 Stomatitis 1 1 Bornchitis 2 2 Broncho-Pneumonia 1 14 8 7 Lobar Pneumonia 6 6 Pluerisy with effusion 1 1 • • Asthma 2 2 Abscess Lung 1 1 Pyrexia 1 2 3 Influenza 1 1 . . Dengue 1 1 Ac. Rheumatic Fever 1 1 O Infective Arthritis 1 1 Malaria S. T. 2 2 „ B. T. .. * . 1 .. 1 Clinical Malaria . . 6 3 2 1 Acute Abdomen . . 2 2 Gastric ulcer with Haemorrhage 1 1 Ascariasis 1 7 8 Secondary Syphilis 3 3 Yaws 2 2 Pemphigus 3 3 Herpes Zoster 1 1 Cerebral Embolism (Post Partum) 1 1 Anaemia 2 1 1 Congenital Heart. . 1 • • 1 Beri Beri • • 3 • • 3 Peripheral Neuritis 1 1 Pylonephritis 4 3 1 Cellulitis 1 1 Ottitis 1 1 Tetany , .. 1 1 • • Total 6 190 176 17 3 These cases were admitted to the hospital suspected to be suffering from an Infectious Disesae. After investigation, tlxe above table shows the cases diagnosed and others classified under observations under Table T. Thev were either dis¬ charged or transferred to other hospitals. This group of cases required a great amount of investigations and occupied valuable bed space, as they had to remain in this hospital for several days before a bed is available in other hospitals for a transfer.