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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    12 individual septic tanks. (iii) School Hygiene. Although, as vot, no organised system of school medical inspection exists, many schools have been visited at frequent intervals by members of the medical staff. The pupils at the Mbabane Trade School were medically examined and weighed at quarterly intervals, those at the Swazi National School, Matapha, were examined twice, and those at St. Mark's School, Mbabane, wore inspected on one occasion. (iv) Labour Conditions. High building costs mili¬ tate against any great improvement in the housing of native labour on farms and in urban areas. (v) Buildings. Sixteen new houses for the accommodation of European Government Officers were completed, and thirteen which are in process of con¬ struction, i.e., 5 at Goedgegun, 1 at Bremersdorp, 1 at Hlatikulu and 6 at Mbabane, will be ready for occupation in July, 19^9* They are all of modern design and permanent construction, and vary in floor area from 1,200 to 1700 square feet according to type. The accommodation comprises a combined dining and sitting room, kitchen, pantry, bathroom, lavatory and two to three bedrooms. The buildings are of standard design, and separate servants quarters are provided. The cost of construction, which depends on the size and number of bedrooms, is approximately £1900 and £2^00. The housing shortage is now no longer acute. (vi) Food in relation to Health and Diseases. Nutritional diseases were not infrequently met with towards the close of the year before the new crops were reaped. The activities of the Agricultural Depart¬ ment have resulted in greater quantities and a wider variety of food crops being grown for local consumption. The opening of dairies in the Native areas has acted as 3 stimulus to milk production, and the consumption of meat and eggs is increasing. B. Measures taken to spread the knowledge of Hygiene and Sanitation. The schools provide the most effective medium for the spread of knowledge of Hygiene and Sanitation, and their work has been supplemented by the distribution of a series of Posters and pamphlets provided by the South African Red Gross Society which dealt with the following subjects:- Eood facts and daily diets. Tuberculosis. House flies. Typhoid. Venereal Diseases. /IV. MATERNITY