Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria.

  • Nigeria. Medical Department
Date:
[1916]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    44. Dysentery.—Amongst Europeans 29 cases are recorded with no deaths. In natives the number of dysentery cases treated in 1916 is 1,106, as compared to 1,212 in 1915. This shews a slight reduction, but the mortality was 20%. which is considerably higher than that of ll'2°/o recorded in 1915. Of the total number of cases treated for dysentery the records of the Central Districts are highest and a fair number are recorded in the Eastern Districts of the Southern Provinces. (3) Helminthic Diseases. 45. Helminthic Infection.—Very few cases of helminthic infection amongst Europeans have occurred during the year, and amongst these it is gratifying to note that there were only 3 cases of tapeworm and 2 of ankylostome infection. Helminthic infections occur largely in the native population, and these worm infections, so far as cestodes and nematodes are concerned, comprise the following cases treated :— Cestodes... Nematodes Total ... .. 211 - 5-9% .. 3,362 94T °/0 .. 3,573 The following are the percentage figures of the above as regards individual worm infections :— Tapeworms ... ... ... 5*9% Asearis ... ... ... ... 74*5°/0 Ankylostomes ... ... ... 19*2°/0 Others ... ... ... ... *4°/o 46. Ankylostomiasis.—1This infection is very widely distributed throughout and predisposes considerably to dysenteric conditions. Quite | of the cases recorded were those treated in the Central Province. 47. Asearis.—Infection with these round worms is general throughout the Southern Provinces and accounts for 74*596 of the cases treated for worms. 48. Taeniasis.—From the statistics of cases treated the majority of those that came under treatment were recorded in the Eastern Districts. 49. Bilharzia.—Very few cases of Bilhazial infection have come under observation. No cases are recorded in the Eastern Districts. 50. Trichiniasis.—No cases of trichina spiralis have been recorded so far in this country. 51. Guinea-worm.—The total number of cases treated was 568. From the records of cases treated, the distribution of guinea-worm infection is mainly in the Western Districts and to some extent in the Central Districts. 52. Trematocle Infection.—Only 2 cases are recorded as having come under observation and treatment, as compared to 20 cases recorded for 1915.
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