Annual medical and sanitary report / Swaziland.

  • Swaziland. Medical Department.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Swaziland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 * .Average age cn admission, 20 years. There were 6 admissions of children under 16. (66.6%) Treatment. The commonest complaints for which patients pre¬ sented themselves for Out-Patient treatment at the Dispensary were: Coryza, eye diseases, trophic ulcers and scabies. 24 cases (13 males and 11 females) were admitted to the hospital wards, and received treatment for the following conditions;- -An to-natal case i Chaulmoogra oil reaction 1 Dental caries 2 Influenza l Lepra reaction 2 Otitis media 1 Senility 1 Scabies 2 Taeniasis 5 Ulcers 7 Ulceration of larynx _1 24 (Total In¬ patient days rz 421) Neural cases have received introdermal injections of Chaulmoogra oil (01. hydnocarpii) with 4% Cresote in initial doses of 5 ccs. twice weekly, the dose being increased by 0.5 cc weekly to the point of maximum tolerance. Lepromatous cases are under treatment with Sulphetrone (B.W.& Co.), the initial dose being 1.5 g. daily, which is gradually increased to a maximum of 6.0 g. Routine checks of red cells and haemoglobin are being carried out, and a Lovibond Comparator is being obtained by the Government Laboratory at Rremersdorp for the purpose of estimating blood-sulphetrone at weekly intervals, and thus ensuring that effective therapeutic blood levels, i.e., 7*5-10 mg. per ml. are being maintained. Iron and yeast are administered throughout the Sulphetrone treatment with the object of counteracting the development of the various forms of anaemia associated with this form of therapy, and preventing the occurrence of peripheral neuritis. Laboratory Examinations. 159 Smears were examined for Microbacterium leprae with the following results;- Positive No£ native Total Nasal Skin Nasal Skin Lepromatous 20 93 6 79 Mixed 4 10 — 14 Neural 7 9 10 40 66 /50#.