Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Specimens. Blood for typhoid (Widal) Blood for paratyphoid A (Widal) .. Blood for paratyphoid B (Widal) . . Blood for Wassermann test Blood for malarial parasites Blood for filaria .. Human material for B. pestis Rats for B. pestis Sputa for tubercle bacilli Sputa for pneumococci Faeces for amoebae Faeces for dysenteriae Faeces for anchylostomiasis ova . . Faeces for B. typhosus Secretions for gonococci Secretions for B. diphtherias Secretions for B. leprae Scrapings for spirochaetes Evacuations for cholera vibrios Urine for microscopical examination Urine for chemical examination Urine for bacteriological examination Water for examination Miscellaneous specimens for examination Auto vaccine Typhoid vaccine (doses) Gonococcal vaccine (doses) Streptococcal vaccine (doses) Cholera vaccine (doses) Plague vaccine (doses) Staphylococcal vaccine (doses) B. Coli vaccine (doses) Total shown in the following table :— Official. Private. Total. Positive 1,974 46 .. 2,020 . . 830 912 30 .. 942 . . 6 911 22 .. 933 . . — 1,802 186 .. 1,988 . . — 26 19 .. 45 .. 8 2 — . . 2 . . — 58 — 58 .. 35 4,873 — 4,873 .. 42 132 30 . . 162 .. 32 6 - . . 6 . . 2 11 73 . . 84 . . 13 4 3 .. 7 .. 1 5 18 . . 23 .. 4 13 1 .. 14 . . — 26 8 .. 34 . . 3 109 22 . . 131 . . 52 89 4 .. 93 . . 32 2 4 .. 6 . . 1 235 — 235 . . 7 11 13 .. 24 .. — 3 6 .. 9 .. •— 53 10 .. 63 .. — 44 23 .. 67 . . — 112 3 .. 115 .. — 38 12 .. 50 .. — 1,980 1,238 . . 3.218 .. — 3,691 — 3,691 . . — 42 — 42 . . — — 2,980 . . 2,980 . . — 25 — 25 . . — 12 10 .. 22 .. — 19 — 19 . . — 17,220 4,761 21,981 — 1,190 930 933 37 23 4,831 130 4 71 6 19 14 31 79 61 5 228 Research Work—The permanent Director was away on leave in England for the greater part of the year 1927 and no research work was carried out. B._PASTEUR INSTITUTE.—The number of patients who were treated at the Pasteur Institute during 1927 was 1,083, this being an increase of 126 over the previous year. The number of dogs examined for rabies during 1927 was 254, which is an increase of 59 over the previous year. , There can be no doubt that rabies has been greatly on the increase during the year. Table 1 shows the Provinces from which the patients came for treatment, and Table II. shows the results of the examination of the brains of dogs sent to the Institute. Table I. Province. Patients. Province. Patients. Western 575 Uva . . 26 Central 173 North-Central . 2 Southern 110 Sabaragamuwa . . 97 Total . 1,083 Northern 61 North-Western . . 39 Table II. Unfit for Province. Positive. Negative. Examination. Total. Western 52 45 14 Ill Central 27 28 20 75 Eastern 12 7 5 24 Sabaragamuwa 9 2 7 18 Q Northern o 4 . . North-Western 4 .. 6 2 1Z Uva 3 1 - . • 4 North-Central . . - 1 • * 1 Total . . 109 93 52 254. Branch Laboratories—There are nine branch laboratories in the Provinces equipped from the Bacteriological Institute and staffed by trained laboratory assistants who work under the supervision and control of the Medical Officer in charge of the hospital to which the laboratory is attached. These laboratories are attached to hospitals in the towns shown below, and the work done during the year is shown against each of them (1) Anuradhapura (2) Badulla (3) Batticaloa .. (4) Chilaw (5) Galle Total Number of Specimens Examined. 4,082 5,070 3,064 2,658 12.849 (6) Jaffna (7) Kandy .. (8) Kurunegala (9) Ratnapura Total Number of Specimens Examined. 3,601 6,011 .. 10,283 5,921 (2) Interesting Hospital Cases, &c. Kandv Hospital—Dr. F. N. Spittel, Surgeon, reports an extremely interesting case of uterus didelphys with double vagina, with an 8 months’ pregnancy in the right horn successfully treated by Caesarean Section, as the narrowness of the vaginal canal prevented any internal