Report of the Ministry of Health / [Ghana Government].

  • Ghana. Ministry of Health.
Date:
[1954]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Ministry of Health / [Ghana Government]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RETURN “ E ”—contd. HER MAJESTY’S PRISONS RETURN OF DISEASES AND DEATHS (IN-PATIENTS) AND DISEASES (OUT-PATIENTS) FOR THE YEAR 1954 Inter¬ mediate List Number In-Patients Out-Patients Diseases Remaining in hospital on 31st Dec., 1953 Yearly Total Total cases treated Remaining in hospital on 31st Dec., 1954 Admissions Deaths Males Females Males Females Males Females A. 1 T.B. of respiratory system 8 A. 2 T.B. of meninges and central nervous system _ ____ _ _ _ _ _____ _ _ A. 3 T.B. of intestines peritoneum and mesenteric glands _____ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ A. 4 T.B. of bones and joints — — — — — — — 5 -: A. 5 T.B. all other forms — 1 — — — 1 — — — A. 6 Congenital Syphilis — — — — — — — 1 — A. 7 Early Syphilis ... — — — — — — — 11 — A. 8 Tabes dorsalis ... — — — — — — — — — A. 9 General paralysis of insane — — — — — — — — — A.10 All other Syphilis , ... — — — — — — — 27 — A. 11 Gonococcal infections ... — 4 — — — 4 — 598 — A.12 Typhoid Fever ... 1 2 — 1 — 3 — — — A.13 Paratyphoid fever and other salmonella infections - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A.14 Cholera ... — — — — — — — — — A. 15 Brucellosis (undulant fever) ... — 1 — — — 1 — — — A.16fa) Bacillary dysentery — 2 — — — 2 — 68 3 (b) Amoebiasis — 4 — — — 4 — — — (c) Other unspecified forms of dysentery _ 4 _ _ — 4 _ 23 1 A.17 Scarlet Fever — — — — — — — — — A. 18 Streptococcal sore throat ' ... — 2 — — — 2 — 64 13 A. 19 Erysipelas — — — — — — — 12 — A.20 Septicaemia and pyaemia — — — — — — — — — A.21 Diphtheria — — — — — — — — — A. 22 Whooping Cough — — — — — — — — — A.23 Meningococcal infections — — — — — — — — — A.24 Plague — — — — — — — — — A.25 Leprosy ... — 9 — — — 9 — 32 — A.26 Tetanus ... — — — — — — — — — A.27 Anthrax ... — — — — — — — — — A.28 Acute poliomyelitis — — — — — — — — — A.29 Acute infectious encephalitis ... — — — — — — — — — A.30 Late effect of acute poliomye¬ litis and acute infectious encephalitis ... A.31 Smallpox — — — — — — — — — A.32 Measles ... — — — — — — — 8 — A.33 Yellow Fever — — — — — — — — — A.34 Infectious hepatitis — 1 — — — 1 — 1 — A.35 Rabies -- — — — — — — — — A. 36 (a) Louse-borne epidemic typhus ... — — — — — — — — — (b) Flea-borne endemic typhus (murine) _ _ _ — _ _ _ ’ (0 Tick-borne epidemic typhus ... — — — — — — — — — (d) Mite-borne typhus — — — — — — — — — (e) Other and unspecified typhus ... — — — — — — — — •—- A. 37 (a) Vivax malaria (benign tertian) — — — — — — — 10 — (6) Malariae malaria (quartan) — 9 1 — — 10 — 140 1 (c) Falciparum malaria (malignant tertian) - 22 2 _ _ 24 - 872 93 (d) Blackwater Fever — — — — — — — — — («) Other and unspecified forms of malaria 46 46 534 103 00 C'v < Schistosomiasis vesical (s. hae¬ matobium) _ 3 _ _ _ 3 - 216 _ (b) Schistosomiasis intestinal (s. mansoni) ... - _ 1 _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ (0 Schistosomiasis pulmonary (s. Japonicum) _ _ _ _ — _ _ _ _ (d) Other and unspecified Schisto¬ somiasis _____ 1 _ _ . 1 _ 45 _ A.39 Hydatid disease — — — — — — — — — A.40(a) Onchocerciasis ... — — — — — — — 6 — (b) Loiasis ... — — — — — — — —• — (c) Filariasis (bancrofti) — — — — — — — 1 — (d) Other filariasis ... — — — -- — — — — — A.41 Ankylostomiasis — 18 — — — 18 — 59 — A.42(a) Tapeworm (infestation) and other cestode infestations ... 3 _ __ 3 _ 53 (b) Ascariasis — 6 — — — 6 147 (c) Guinea worm (dracunculosis) ... — 6 — — — 6 102 — [d) Other diseases due to helminths — 3 — — — 3 — 16 — A.43(a) Lymphogranuloma venereum — — — — — — — 5 — (■b) Granuloma inguinale, venereal — 6 — — — 6 — 6 — (o) Other and unspecified venereal diseases 5 * 5 85 — (d) Food poisoning infection and intoxication ... _ _ (e) Relapsing Fever — — — — — — — (/) Leptospirosis icterohaemorrha- gica (Weil’s disease) ... — - 1 — _■ — —