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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    11. Table showing cause of death. Causes of Death Number of Deaths. • Bacillary Dysentery. 1 Cancer - Malignant disease. 3 Diseases of the heart, and other diseases of the circulatory system. 8 Pneumonia. 1 Other diseases of respiratory system. 4 Senility. 1 Snake bite. 1 Violence (all forms, including injuries and accidents). 2 • 21 Registration is not compulsory in the case of the Native population. Ill. HYGIENE AND SANITATION, A. (i) Preventive Measures. (a) -Malaria. The application of DDT (5$ in Kerosene) as an imagocide was carried out in native areas on a wider scale than that undertaken in any previous year, and almost 100$ mortality of anopheles was attained throughout the short transmission season. In the urban areas of Bremersdorp, house spraying was reinforced by anti-larvae measures. A separate report by the Malaria Medical Officer is attached. (b) Smallpox. Routine vaccination of prisoners, warders, police and medical department personnel was carried out, and 4673 vaccinations were performed in Native areas. (c) Enteric Fever. A number of Europeans were immunised against the diseases in this group. (ii) General Measures of Sanitation. The quarterly bacteriological analysis of specimens from the treated water supplies at Bremersdorp, Goedgegun and Hlatikulu consistently indicate the need for the adoption of a more efficient system of chlorination. The regular inspections of the urban areas carried out by the Medical Staff in the Southern District have resulted in an appreciable improvement in sanitary conditions, but the position is less satisfactory in the case of the larger townships of the Central and Northern Districts, which present the -^ocal Authorities with problems of greater magnitude than those encountered in the South. Progress continues to be made, particularly in Mbabane and Bremersdorp, in the replacement of earth closets and sanitary pails, at both public buildings and government officials quarters, by water-borne sanitation, with disposal through french drains from /individual.....