Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate.

  • East Africa Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The total number of deaths recorded by the Medical Staff was : — Ukamba Province ... ... ... ... ... 202 Ivenia ,, ... ... ... ... ... 594 Naivasha „ ... ... ... ... ... 25 Tanaland and Seyidie Province... ... ... 10 Coast belt. Nyanza Province ... ... ... ... ... 297 1,128 MEANS ADOPTED TO COPE WITH THE EPIDEMIC. Hospitals and Segregation Camps. Ukamba Province. Nairobi.—(1) A ward in the existing Quarantine Hospital reserved; Medical Officer of Health in charge. (2) Out-boarding establishment of European School closed, and opened as a fully-equipped hospital. Resident Surgical Officer, European Hospital, in charge. Temporary Matron, Nursing Sister MacMillan; Temporary Nurse, Miss Monson. (3) A ward reserved in the Native Civil Hospital; Medical Officer, Native Civil Hospital, in charge. (4) A ward reserved in the European Hospital; Resident Surgical Officer in charge. Machakos.—Huts erected in quarantine area. Sub-Assistant Surgeon in charge. Kitui.—Huts erected in quarantine area. Sub-Assistant Surgeon in charge. Kyambit,.—Huts and tents erected in quarantine area. Sub-Assistant Surgeon in charge. Dagoretti.—Huts erected. Patients visited by Medical Staff and Missionary Doctors. Kikuyu and Escarpment.—Huts erected and segregation established where possible. This area was visited by the Medical Staff, Drs. van Someren, Radford and Cherrett, and Sub-Assistant Surgeons from Nairobi and Kyambu. Kenia Province.—Quarantine stations established at Fort Hall, Meru and Nyeri, and the entire Medical Staff were engaged in patrolling the district. Nyanza Province.—The Quarantine Camp at Kisumu was utilised, where the Medical Officer of Health and subordinate staff were in charge. Areas in North Kavirondo were patrolled by the Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Medical Officer of Health, and a Medical Officer temporarily engaged. Segregation camps were also established by the chiefs in many places, who maintained a system of quarantine in the Nzoia district ; this work was voluntarily undertaken by them. Seyidie Province.—Patients and contacts were removed to a temporary segregation within that used for plague cases, and were treated by the Special Plague Officer. Quarantine camps were established at Gazi and Malindi; at the latter place the Assistant Surgeon was placed in charge. Tanaland Province.—A quarantine camp was established on an island close to the town of Lamu under the care of the Medical Officer.