Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of Seychelles.

  • Seychelles. Medical Department.
Date:
[1931]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of Seychelles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vaccination ot Children. The Lymph supplied was of average quality, and the results were a3 follows : — Central district: 1st time 2nd „ 3r< Total S. Malie district : 1st time 2nd „ Total Praslin & La Digue : 1st time 2nd .. 416 4 9 184 95 8 Total ... 113 Grand total 422 184 113 719 140 passengers from Bombay and Mombasa were viccinated. 47 Bumboat keepers and people allowed to remove baggage from shins were vaccinated. o o o x. Ankylostomiasis Campaign. This was carried out on the same lines as 1930 the Sanitary Inspectors visited at least iwice a year all dwelling houses and comp -unds, to see that they were kept iu accordance -with the provisions of Ordinance No. 9 of 1917. The Medical Officer in Charge of Praslin and La Digue superintended, and carried out the mass treatment in his district, assisted by a Sanitary In-pe tor. Mass treatment was carried out at the following centrej, the vermifuge used was Cheno^ odium, in conjunction with c istor oil and Magnesium sulph ite. Beturn of patients treated and districts visited :— Seychelles Hospital • • • 2,778 Peau Vallon • • • 1,076 Anse Etoile • • • 772 Cascade • • • o04 Anse-aux-Pin3 • • • 850 Anse Royale • • • 493 jBaie Lazo re ••• 600 Anse Boileau • •• 1,144 <Quatre Bornes • • • 744 Anse Bougainville • • • 408 Port Glaud • •• 427 Clacis • •• • •• 480 Carried forward ••• 10,276 Brought forward 10,276 Anse a la Mouche • • • 204 Bans Souci 28 Bel Air • • • 87 Praslin Baie St Anne ... • • • 85 „ Grand A use • • • 182 „ Anse Boudin ... • • • 65 ,, Ans° Kerlan 109 ,, Anse la Farine... • • • 51 „ Consolation • •• 111 La Digue la Passe 225 Cerf Island • 8 Privately M, 350 Total • • • 11,781 A total of 11,781 mass treatment was given in 1931 against 12,333 in 1930. Leprosy Campaign. As I stated in my last annual report the regulat’ons for the segregation of lepers with iheir families are not observed. I find that the relatives and friends of lepers treat these regulations as a dead letter. It is hard for them to understand that leprosy can be stamped out, or at least kept under control, if lepers were prevented from mixing with the public, live apart in separate nouses and not eat and sleep with the family and relatives. . Leprosy is increasing in the Colony. Children aiv detected by the Sanitary Inspectors in their half yearly inspection of houses and compounds, In the Cascade district, as well as in Praslin island several families have contracted the disease. This menace to the Colony does not appear to be realized by the General public. Regulations drawn up under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1919 and Ordinance No. 12 Ot 1922 are disregarded by the appointed guardians, proper surveillance is not carried out by them. J In order to remedy this it is proposed to make the following alteration in the law, and amend the main law accordingly. “Any next of Kin, a guardian, or other person who shall have entered into a Bond as Sifcove, and who knowingly allow, aids or abets, or through carelessness or want of necessary supervision or precautions, contributes in allowing such patient to contravene an y of the conditions of the bond shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees or to imprisonment not exceeding one month or to both.