Annual report of the Medical Department / Jamaica.

  • Jamaica. Medical Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Jamaica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dr. S. E. Ferreira, from Supernumerary Medical Officer, Public Hospital, Kingston, to Medical Officer, Yaws Commission (Acting). Dr. C. E. Riddell, from District Medical Officer, Santa Cruz, to District Medical Officer, Crofts Hill. Dr. H. E. T. McDonald, from District Medical Officer, Crofts Hill, to District Medical Officer, Santa Cruz. Dr. S. J. Arthurs, from District Medical Officer, Duncans, to District Medical Officer, new Wind¬ ward District. Dr. H. M. Embden, from Acting District Medical Officer, Lower St. Andrew, to District Medical Officer, Duncans. Dr. J. H. Forde, from District Medical Officer, Falmouth, to District Medical Officer, Lucea. Dr. A. L. McFarlane, from District Medical Officer, Lucea, to District Medical Officer, Falmouth. Miss E. D. Manahan as Matron from Annotto Bay to Morant Bay. Miss S. A. Spencer as Matron from Morant Bay to Annotto Bay. Miss A. L. Levy as Matron from Hordley to Chapelton. Miss A. H. Bennett as Matron from Chapelton to Hordley. Miss L. Bird as Matron from Cave Valley to Falmouth. Miss L. M. Robot-ham as Matron from Falmouth to Cave Valley. Mr. O. G. Miller, from Supernumerary Dispenser, Public Hospital, Kingston, to Dispenser, Sav.-la-Mar. Resignations— Dr. H. H. James, 4th Assistant Medical Officer, Lunatic Asylum. Mr. C. W. Hossack, Dispenser, Morant Bay. Mr. R. Wade, Dispenser, Chapelton. Retirements— Dr. D. L. Tate, District Medical Officer, Montego Bay. Deaths— Dr. H. D. B. Castle, Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth. In addition— Dr. A. A. Peat, Medical Officer, Yaws Commission, was awarded a Fellowship in Public Health by the Rockefeller Foundation in the U.S.A. Expenditure— (b) Financial. Medical—General Administration— Personal Emoluments Other Charges Medical—Hospitals and Lepers’ Home— Personal Emoluments Other Charges Lunatic Asylum— . Personal Emoluments Other Charges Total Expenditure . . Total Expenditure of Whole Colony Percentage of Expenditure on Medical Department Revenue from Fees, etc. £ s. d. 41,226 16 6 19,626 0 7 37,093 0 2 51,854 12 3 22,739 6 0 18,801 14 5 . £191,341 9 11 £2,316,227 7 5 8.3% £4,304 13 10 II— PUBLIC HEALTH AND GENERAL REMARKS. The general health of the Island was much better in 1934 than in 1933, the death rate having fallen from 19.3 to D.06 per 1,000 population. m Thernean Is! and rainfall recorded for each of the 4 years up to and including 1934 was respectively 91.53, 75.97, 116.53 and 79.82 inches as compared with an average for the 60-year period ended 1934 of '3-87 inchf - Although the 1934 rainfall was nearly normal, the first quarter of the year, usuallv drv was marked by a continuation of rains following the rainstorms of late 1933 with the result that the extensive collections of water were maintained far into 1934 and the first half of the year showed a wider distribution of Malaria than had been seen m recent years. The provisions for treatment and control were adequate however, to prevent any general increase in mortality from the disease ’ There was an outbreak of Malaria in the inland district of Porus in Manchester, involving a few hundred persons, due to lake formation of ram water complicated by shortage of food supplies destroyed by these lakes. The district being ordinarily free of Malaria, this outbreak was unusually severe with several deaths An epidemic of Typhoid Fever occurred in the parish of St. Ann in the latter part of the year with 125 cases but very few deaths. ’ J 1 Further investigations confirm the information as to distribution of Yaws indicated by the survev man of ^Reinterior ^ eP°l tS ^ 1933 ’ the dlsease being rare in drV iowland areas and high in the wet uplands