Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji.

  • Fiji. Medical Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX IX—continued. Diseases. Europeans. Fijians. Indians. Others. Total. CO *5 Diseases. a CD Q Europeans. Fijians. Indians. Others. Total. Deaths. Brought forward .. 1 ' 14 61 5 81 3 Brought forward 10 15 2 27 12 Rheumatism and non-Suppurative arthritis— Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord— (a) Chronic Rheumatism 2 7 36 5 50 1 (a) Progressive muscular atrophy . . 1 1 (b) Rheumatoid Arthritis , . 5 11 16 .. (b) Subacute combined sclerosis.. 1 1 (c) Osteo-arthritis 4 2 6 .. (c) Myelitis of unstated orgin . . . , 3 , . 3 # # Gout .. .. (d) Others .. 5 12 1 18 Diabetes Mellitus 7 4 93 3 107 6 Cerebral haemorrhage, Apoplexy, Scurvy etc.— Beri-beri including epidemic dropsy (a) Cerebral haemorrhage 2 1 26 2 31 14 Pellagra • , 1 1 .. (b) Cerebral embolism & throm- Rickets 1 1 .. bosis .. . , 1 6 7 4 Other diseases due to hypovita- (c) Hemiplegia and other para- minosis 2 5 7 .. lyses of unstated origin 1 2 18 1 22 Diseases of the pituitary gland General Paralysis of the Insane 1 1 . . Diseases of the thyroid and para- Other forms of insanity— thyroid glands— (a) Dementia Praecox 1 , , 1 (a) Simple goitre 3 6 • • 9 .. (b) Others.. 1 2 4 o O 10 3 (b) Exophthalmic goitre 1 . • 1 .. Epilepsy— (c) Myxoedema, cretinism 1 . . 1 .. (a) Major .. 2 1 7 2 12 1 (d) Tetany 1 . . 1 (b) Minor .. 2 . . 2 . . (e) Others 2 . , 2 .. Infantile convulsions (under 5 yrs.) 1 1 # . 1 3 1 Diseases of the Thymus Other diseases of the Nervous Diseases of the adrenal glands System— excluding tuberculosis (a) Chorea 5 3 8 1 Other general diseases 3 1 8 . , 12 (b) Neuritis, neuralgia .. 4 11 13 3 31 - (c) Paralysis Agitans 2 • . 2 Total 13 41 228 13 295 10 (d) Disseminated Sclerosis 1 1 Q 1 o a (/) Hysteria 2 6 18 1 27 IV—Diseases of Blood and (g) Others.. , . 5 6 2 13 Blood-forming Organs. Diseases of the eye— Haemorrhagic conditions— (a) Conjunctivitis 11 16 • • 27 (a) Purpura . • . . 1 1 2 1 (b) Trachoma 4 3 1 8 (b) Haemophilia . . • . 1 1 2 .. (c) Corneal Ulcer.. 2 10 • • 12 Anaemia— (d) Cataract 7 44 2 53 (a) Pernicious anaemia .. 1 , . 22 3 26 2 (e) Iritis .. 5 15 # # 20 (b) Splenic anaemia « • 1 , , 1 (/) Glaucoma 1 3 . . 4 (r) Chlorosis , . , , 2 2 (g) Others.. i 28 35 10 74 (d) Secondary anaemia .. 1 6 116 2 125 12 Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid (e) Others . , 3 28 31 3 Sinus— Lukaemia, Aleukaemia—• (a) Otitis externa 2 5 7 4 18 , . (a) Chronic myeloid leukaemia .. # m 1 1 .. (b) Otitis media .. 2 5 12 4 23 1 (b) Chronic lymphatic leukaemia , , 1 . , 1 .. (c) Mastoiditis * . 1 6 . , 7 1 (c) Acute leukaemia i 1 (d) Others 4 . • 4 . . (e) Aleukaemia (lymphadenoma Total 23 116 295 43 477 38 Diseases of the spleen not elsewhere VII—Diseases of the Circu- mentioned latory System. Other diseases of the blood and Pericarditis .. . . 1 3 . . 4 3 blood-forming organs 3 3 2 Acute endocarditis— - (a) Malignant 1 1 4 . • 6 4 Total 2 11 174 8 195 20 (b) Others not included elsewhere . , , , 2 . . 2 • . sease (except specific cause else- V—Chronic Poisoning. where stated)— Alcoholism acute or chronic 4 1 5 .. (a) Aortic valve .. . , 2 , . 2 . . Poisoning by other organic sub- (b) Mitral valve .. 1 7 34 7 49 8 stances (not by violence)— (c) Aortic and mitral valve 5 1 6 2 (a) Opium habit .. , , # # 1 1 2 .. (d) Endocarditis not returned as (b) Morphine habit acute or chronic 1 2 5 . . 8 5 (c) Others 2 2 (e) Other or unspecified valve Poisoning by mineral substances disease.. 1 7 1 9 2 (not by violence)— Diseases of the myocardium (except (a) Lead due to specified cause stated (b) Others 1 1 1 3 .. elsewhere)— 5 5 5 Total 5 1 5 1 12 .. (b) Myocardial Degeneration .. 9 11 50 3 73 41 . —Diseases of the coronary arteries— (a) Angina Pectoris . . 1 • • . . 1 VI—Diseases of the Nervous (b) Coronary selerosis and throm- System and Sense Organs. bosis and embolism .. 2 3 19 1 25 10 Encephalitis (not including ence- Other diseases of the heart (except phalitis lethargica)— due to specified cause stated (a) Cerebral abscess elsewhere)— (b) Others.. . . 2 4 1 7 3 (a) Auricular fibrillation 1 , . 3 • . 4 • • Meningitis (not including tuber- (b) Heart block .. . . . . 2 . . 2 • • culosis or meningococcal) . , 8 9 1 18 9 (c) Disordered action of the heart 2 4 23 1 30 . . Tables Dorsalis (locomotor ataxis) • • 2 2 .. (d) Others 1 18 • • 19 4