Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate.

  • East Africa Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1919]
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Credit: Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE SHOWING THE SICK, INVALIDING AND DEATH KATES AMONGST NATIVE OFFICIALS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS ZONE. 1917. 1918. 1919. Total number of officials resident 1,152 1,102 1,337 Average number resident 873 914 1,077 Total number on sick list 2,308 3,120 3,137 Total number of days on sick list 19,687 23,576 22,747 Average daily number on sick list 5393 64-59 62-32 Percentage of sick to average number resident 6-17 7-06 5-78 Average number of daj's on sick list to each patient ... 8-53 7-55 7-25 Average sick time to each resident 17-09 21-39 17-01 Total number invalided ... 13 43 47 Percentage of invaliding to total residents 1-12 3-90 3-51 Total deaths 3 22 6 Percentage of deaths to total residents •25 1-99 •44 Percentage of deaths to average number resident •34 2-41 •55 Number of cases of sickness contracted away from residence — — — (d) GENERAL EUROPEAN POPULATION. Only cases which, came under treatment of Government medical officers are recorded under this heading :— 1919 1918 1917 In-patients. 218 246 207 Out-patients 1,076 1,028 823 i The ailments treated were :—Malaria (461), influenza (104), and digestive system (199). 11 deaths occurred and were due to enteric (3), blackwater fever (2), pneumonia (1), tubercle (1), alcoholism (1), circulatory (2), urinary (1). The births and deaths registered were :— Births. Deaths. 1919 128 # . • • 64 1918 111 # # 72 1917 159 66 (e) GENERAL NATIVE POPULATION. The numbers that presented themselves for hospital treatment are much the same as last year :— 1919 1918 1917 In-patients, 6,938 6,958 4,811 Out-patients. 35,196 36,086 34,406 The principal causes of sickness were :—Malaria (5,413), dysentery (1,125), influenza (859), pneumonia (723), respiratory (7,535), digestive (6,649), injuries (8,417). [183939] 3a