Medical report / British Honduras.

  • British Honduras. Medical Department.
Date:
[1935]
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Medical report / British Honduras. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Page I. ADMINISTRATION— Staff . 1 Legislation . \ Financial . 1 II. PUBLIC HEALTH— General Remarks . 2 Vital Statistics . 4 Morbidity . 4a Infantile Mortality . 4 III. HYGIENE AND SANITATION— Administrative . 5 Preventive Measures . 5 General Measures— Sewage Disposal . 6 Removal and Disposal of Refuse . 6 Water Supply . 6 Drainage . 7 Filing in of lots . 7 Clearing of Bush . 7 Slaughter House and Market . 7 School Hygiene . 7 Housing . 7 Diet in Health and Disease . 8 Recommendations for future work . 8 IV. PORT HEALTH WORK AND ADMINISTRATION . 8 V. METEOROLOGY . 9 VI. HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES . 8 VII. PRISONS AND LUNATIC ASYLUM . 8 Table 1. A.—Medical Staff. 10 Table B.—European Nursing Staff. 10 Table C.—Native Medical Subordinate Staff. 10 Table 2. Comparative Statement of Pupulation by Districts, 1932-1935, with Birth and Death Rates per thousand . 12 Table 3. Infantile Mortality Table . 13 Table 4. 13 APPENDICES— District Medical Officers’ Reports . 14-24 Senior Sanitary Inspector’s Report . 24 Belize Hospital Returns . 28-30 Summary . 31 District Hospital Returns.32-34