Quarterly report on the progress of segregation camps and medical treatment of sleeping sickness in Uganda. For the quarter December 1st, 1907-February 29th, 1908 / A. C. H. Gray. With an introduction by A. D. P. Hodges.

  • Hodges, A. D. P.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Quarterly report on the progress of segregation camps and medical treatment of sleeping sickness in Uganda. For the quarter December 1st, 1907-February 29th, 1908 / A. C. H. Gray. With an introduction by A. D. P. Hodges. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    « 5 TABLE V. Of 71 D cases (admitted before November 30, 1907):— On On Coudition. November 30tb, February 29th, 1907. 1908. Improved .. 7 5 Kelapsed .. .• •• 3 3 Continue in same state 6 6 Absent at time of examination _ _ Died .. .. 55 58 Total 71 71 TABLE VI. And if A and B cases are grouped together as “ early cases ” and C and D as “ late cases,” the comparison works out as follows :— On November 30, 1907. On February 29, 1908. State. Early Cases A and B. Late Cases C and D. Early Cases A and B. Late Cases C and D. Improved Per cent. 56 Per cent. 32 -5 Per cent. 32 Per cent. 20 . Relapsed 9 3-5 8 8 Continue in same state 23 28 32 16 -5 Absent at time of examina. tion .. .. .. 4 2 10 12-5 Died .. .. .. 34 18 43 It will be seen from the above Table, No. VI, that the death-rate among early cases has increased 10 per cent, and among late cases 9 per cent, in three months. All our medical superintendents of camps agree that the medicinal treatment of late cases of Sleeping Sickness has not been and is not likely to be successful. As the death-rate among early and late cases seems to be increasing at the same rate (as seen from the above Table, No. VI), it does not look as if medicinal treatment was going to do the early cases much ultimate good either. As I mentioned in previous reports, the 1,135 patients admitted to the camps between December 1, 1906, and November 30, 1907, were all treated with Atoxyl, about half tlie number being given Mercury in addition.