Annual medical and sanitary report / Trengganu.

  • Terengganu. Medical Department.
Date:
[1930]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Trengganu. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE ANNUAL MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT FOR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1930. LIBRARY i\i I** YEAR I. ADMINISTRATION. (a) Staff. Dr. N H. Harrison, Chief Medical Officer, returned from leave on 2.5.30, and relieved Dr. T. C. Lonie, who had been acting for him. Dr. T. C. Lonie proceeded to Kelantan for duty as it was found impracticable, on financial grounds, to retain his services as Health Officer; an appointment it was expected he would fill when the Chief Medical Officer returned from leave. The appointment of Health Officer has now been abolished. Miss E. K. Chenhalls, Health Sister, arrived in Trengganu for duty on 11.11.30. The appointment of Health Sister is in danger of being abolished next year for financial reasons. Lim Guat Neo, Maternity Nurse, returned to Trengganu for duty from Singapore on 23.2.30 having passed the examination for certificate B of the Central Midwives Board of Malaya. The principal subordinate apnointments are:— 19 Dressers—3 of Grade I, 3 of Grade II, 5 of Grade III, 5 probationers, 2 travelling dressers and one ungraded. 1 Steward 1 Assistant Store-keeper 3 Clerks 2 Sanitary Inspectors 4 Vaccinators. Two dressers were sent to the Federated Malay States for examination and both passed to Grade II. Two Sanitary Inspectors resigned. One probationer dresser was transferred to the Clerical Service. One dresser, seconded from the Straits Settlements, returned to Singapore for duty. Two Sanitary Inspectors and four dressers were appointed including two addi¬ tional appointments sanctioned during the year. (b) List of Ordinances affecting public health enacted during the year. Nil. (c) Financial. The financial year A. H. 1348 of the Trengganu Government closed on A. H. 29.12.48 (27.5.30). Headings Year A.H. 1346 Year A.H. 1347 Year A.H. 1348 $ C. $ C. $ c. Revenue from sale of medicines and hospital fees 1,049.55 1,468.15 1,153.81 Total Revenue of State . . 1,402,150.63 1,361,026.00 1,391,470.82 Total Expenditure of Medical Department 52,755.78 61,888.61 65,627.33 Percentage of total medical expenditure to total Revenue of the State .. 3.76% 4.5% 4.7%