Annual report of the Sarawak Government Medical Department.

  • Sarawak. Medical Department.
Date:
[1950]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Sarawak Government Medical Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. ' The table below shows annual expenditure on medical services since 1938, excluding the years of Japanese occupation. Year Medical Department Expenditure Percentage of Revenu 1938 $ 300,160 n 1939 299,333 6.3$ 1940 366,118 4,9$ 1946 430,608 7.7$ 1947 970,258 7.8$ 1948 989,531 6,3$ 1949 1,161,750 7.9$ 1950 1,466, 046 5$ (f) Central Medical Store The volume of work handled by this institution continues to increase with the growing'activities of the Department. During the year it dealt with the requirements of three hospitals, twenty four outstation dispensaries and sixteen travelling dispensaries, and, in spite of great distances and difficult communications, kept these institutions well supplied. Greater efficiency was achieved by reorganisation and simplication of the storekeeping accounting and the store operated very satisfactorily. The supply position was reasonably good and a beginning was made in the building up of reserve supplies. Nevertheless, minor temporary shortages did occur from time to time necessitating certain local purchases. In the near future it is likely that additional storage accommodation will be necessary. III, Vital Statistics (a) Population The last Census , the first comprehensive one to be carried out in Sarawak, was held on the night of 26th/27th November, 1947. At that time the population of the Colony was 546,385 made up of the following racial components:- Europeans 691 Malay 97,469 Melano 35,560 Sea Dayak 190,326 Land Dayak 42,195 Other Indigenous . 29,867 Chinese 145,158 Other Asiatic 5,119 546,385 The Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1948, came into operation on 1st August, 1949. This Ordinance provided for a more comprehensive system of registration than had been in force previously and thus population estimates at mid-year 1949 and 1950 have been calculated to indicate the effect of the new registra¬ tion system. i t /Race