Medical and sanitary report / Bahamas.

  • Bahamas. Medical Department.
Date:
[1938]
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Credit: Medical and sanitary report / Bahamas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RETURN OF DISEASES AND DEATHS (IN-PATIENTS) FOR THE YEAR 1938, Diseases. i Remain¬ ing in Hospital at end of 1937. Yearly Total. Total Cases Treated. Remain¬ ing in Hospital at end of 1938. Admissions Deaths. Rickets. 1 1 Diabetes (not including Insipidus) 9 3 9 Anaemia: Pernicious. 2 2 1 Other Anaemias and Chlorosis 2 2 Diseases of the Thyroid Gland: Exophthalmic Goitre. 1 1 Alcoholism . ... 1 12 13 III.—Affections of the Nervous System and Organs of the Senses. Encephalitis (not including Encephalitis Lethargica). 2 2 2 Other affections of the Spinal Cord. 1 1 Apoplexy: Haemorrhage . 5 2 5 Embolism. 1 1 1 Thrombosis. 5 4 5 Paralysis: Hemiplegia. 2 7 1 9 Other Paralyses. 8 1 8 Other forms of Mental Alienation 1 X 27 7 28 Epilepsy. 10 4 10 Infantile Convulsions. 3 1 3 Hysteria. 10 10 Neuritis. 6 6 Other affections of the Nervous System, such as Paralysis Agitans. 3 1 3 Affections of the Organs of Vision: Conjunctivitis. 14 14 2 Other affections of the Eye.... 17 1 17 1 Affections of the Ear or Mastoid Sinus. 15 1 15 1 IV.—Affections of the Circulatory System. Pericarditis. 8 3 8 2 Acute Endocarditis or Myocar- ditis . 16 7 16 Other Diseases of the Heart: Valvular. 1 1 Mitral. 10 3 10 Aortic,. 1 1 1 Myocarditis... 4 21 7 25 Diseases of the Arteries: Aneurism. 1 1 1 Arterio-Sclerosis. 1 1 Embolism or Thrombosis (non- cerebral). 1 1 1 Diseases of the Veins: Haemorrhoids. 12 12 1 Varicose Veins. 1 3 4 Phlebitis. 1 1