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Table I.
1.—Total number of admissions (including infants liorn in
hospital) 6,828
2.—Number of women confined in hospital 1,008
3.—Number of live births 976
4.—Number of still births 47
5.—Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e.. under 4
weeks of age) 43
6.—Number of deaths among children under one year (including
those given under 5) 72
7. Number of maternal deaths among women admitted to
hospital for confinement 2
8.—Total number of deaths 708
9.—Total number of discharges (including infants born in
hospital) 6,061
10.—Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above: —
(a) Under four weeks 5,434
(b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks 1,192
(c) Thirteen weeks or more 164
11.—Number of beds occupied (excluding cots in maternity
wards):—
(a) Average during the year 389
(b) Highest 438, on 13-4-42.
(c) Lowest 321, on 24-12-42.
12. Number of surgical operations under general anæsthetic
(excluding dental operations) 2,361
13.—Number of abdominal sections 463