Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana.

  • British Guiana. Medical Department.
Date:
[1958]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5, III. FINANCE: ccntd. Comparative Totals of Expenditure for the years 1956 - 1958 are set out below:- 1956 1957 1958 $1*, 21*1,618 $5,311,1*62 $5,397,51*3 The amount spent on all medical services per’ person (estimated total population 518,350) per annum was $10,1*1. Comparative figures for the percentage expenditure on medical services to total expenditure on all services are:- 1956 . 1957 1958 10.5$ 11.7$ H.l*$ Figures for 1958 are provisional. IV. VITAL STATISTICS: tfot a, a *s3fpsas3zxaBs asssatzei 18, The Vital Statistical Rates for the year 1958 are the most satisfactory so far in'the history of the Colony. The Infant Mortality Rate of 62,8 is the lowest on record in British Guiana and the falling Crude Death Rate of 10,5 is also a record low, 19, Comparative Vital'Statistical data for the past three years are given in Table I. The 1958 statistics are provisional - they exclude Aboriginals and include migration.- TABLE I, Population Males Females Total 1956 21*3,070 21*1*3 2l*0 1*87,310 #1957, 250,900 251,770 502,670 p'1958 258,910 259,1*1*0 518,350 Total Births Males 10,1*61 11,075 11,366 Females 10,272 10,957 10,970 Total 20,733 23,032 22,336 Crude Birth Rate per Mean 1*80,1*90 l*9l*, 900 t 510,510 ; 1,000 mean population Rate 1*3.2 1*1*. 5 1*3.8 5 # 1957 Corrected figures. / 1958 - Provisional figures.