§ 120. Dr. Summerskillasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how the hospital bed accommodation for maternity case in Singapore relates to the birth rate; and what is the average duration of stay in hospital of a non-paying patient.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere were about 60,000 births in Singapore in 1956, of which delivery in about 25,000 cases took place in the Government Maternity Hospital, where there are 276 beds. Nonpaying patients on the average stay four days in the hospital.