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Tandjong-Pandan · Medical history

Hospitals and Medical Services, 1853–1951

Dr G. A. Slot recounts the medical services operated by the Billiton mining company. The first company medical provision dates to 1853. A workers’ hospital was established near the Siboerik River in Tandjong-Pandan in 1865 and rebuilt in 1873 and 1911.

A European clinic dated from 1926. The company’s workers’ hospital at Manggar, built in 1930, returned to use in January 1950 to ease pressure on Tandjong-Pandan. Around 1951, additional hospital facilities, a new pharmacy and a laboratory were under construction.

Malaria and public health

The article contains a monthly chart of positive malaria cases at Manggar and Tandjong-Pandan from 1947 to 1950 and discusses mosquito control, drainage and spraying. The chart reflects the reporting practices of that period; it is not a complete epidemiological record of Belitung.

Design for the new pharmacy and laboratory, Erts p. 161.
Design for the new pharmacy and laboratory, Erts p. 161.
Positive malaria cases in Manggar and Tandjong-Pandan, 1947–1950; Erts p. 162.
Positive malaria cases in Manggar and Tandjong-Pandan, 1947–1950; Erts p. 162.
Hospital buildings under construction, Erts p. 163.
Hospital buildings under construction, Erts p. 163.
Construction and mosquito-control work, Erts p. 164.
Construction and mosquito-control work, Erts p. 164.

Historical source: G. A. Slot, “De geneeskundige dienst op Billiton”, Erts — Maandblad der Billiton Bedrijven, 1951, pp. 161–164. These are period descriptions, not a current scientific inventory. Illustrations reproduced from the supplied historical scans; check rights before public publication.

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