Medical report / British Honduras.

  • British Honduras. Medical Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Medical report / British Honduras. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. (a) Mosquito or Insect-borne. Malaria.—The deaths from this disease during the past five years are as follows : — 1930 .. 53 deaths or 10 .0% of total certified deaths. 1931 • • 35 deaths or 6 .4% of total certified deaths. 1932 .. 69 deaths or 15 .5% of total certified deaths. 1933 • • 42 deaths or 9 .3% of total certified deaths. 1934 .. 43 deaths or 10 .8% of total certified deaths. The number of cases of Malaria treated in the Public Hospitals of the Colony during the past five years are as follows : — 1930 i93i 1932 1933 1934 Belize .. 212 250 197 296 150 Corozal .. 95 59 55 76 75 Stann Creek 54 45 112 115 137 Orange Walk 85 66 40 39 42 Cayo 67 47 37 113 70 Toledo .. 34 64 33 38 102 Total for Colony .. 547 53i 474 587 576 Percentage of Total Hospital Cases 24-3 20 .9 19-5 25.42 22 .41 The type of the disease most commonly met with is the Sub-tertian or Aestivo Autumnal. Black-water Fever.—Eleven cases were treated in the Hospitals. One in Belize, four in Corozal, 4 in Stann Creek, one in El Cayo with one death and one in Orange Walk with one death. Yellow Fever.—There has been no occurrence of this disease since 1921. Enteric Group and Dysentery. Enteric Fever.—There was one case of Enteric Fever in Orange Walk Dis¬ trict during the year. Dysentery.—Forty-eight cases were treated in the various hospitals during the year with 2 deaths. There were 31 uncertified deaths in which the cause is stated to have been “Dysentery, Diarrhoea and Bowels.” Many of these are probably cases of Dysentery. Both the Bacillary and Amoebic types occur. (b) Infectious Diseases. Tuberculosis.—Certified deaths from this disease are as follows : 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 62 deaths 46 deaths 43 deaths 50 deaths 51 deaths 12 .9% of total certified. 8 .5 % of total certified. 9 .6% of total certified. 11 .1 % of total certified. . 12 .9% of total certified. There were also during the year 31 uncertified deaths in which the cause is stated to have been “Consumption,” “Cough,” or “Cold.”