Annual report on the Medical Department / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
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[1918]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. Two patients treated for Ankylostomiasis at the Prison produced respectively 349 and 269 worms. They were of the Necator Americanus type. 5. A dog suffering from Trypanosomiasis was found to he infected with Trypanosoma congolense. 6. An uncommon Anopheles mosquito was caught at Hill Station. It appears to be A. smithii. The Medical Officer of Health has forwarded it for identification. 7. A prisoner had symptoms of Tuberculosis of the lungs. No tubercle bacilli were found. The right lung became more and more solid at the base and a cavity was spotted in the upper lobe. There was no suggestion of ordinary pneumonia. Post-mortem the right lung was inflamed and fibrosed in parts, with here and there a small cavity. Encysted and attached to the small intestine was a Porocephalus armillatus. Possibly this was the cause of the pneumonic condition of the lung. No others were found. 8. Found encysted in the liver the following two parasites. They measured 14 millimetres by 2-5min., had 23 rings, were cream-coloured and possessed four golden rooklets each. These would appear to be Porocephalus constrictus. If P- constrictus is regarded, as some suggest, as the nymph of Pentas- toma moniliformis, then this is of interest, as it has only been reported twice previously as occurring in man. (Vide Animal Parasites of Man, by Fantham Stephen and Theobald). 9. Five Staphylococcal vaccines were made and cured the condition treated. 10. Erythrocytic and leucocytic counts were made when required. January, 1919. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, W. A. YOUNG, Medical Officer (in charge of Laboratory). ANNUAL REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF THE FREETOWN PRISON FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1918. Medical Officer in charge throughout the year—Dr. W. A. Young. Chief Dresser and Dispenser—Mr. Nylander. Health of European Officers was good. Health of Native Officials.—108 Officials were treated. Of these, 18 were sent to the Colonial Hospital, of whom 4 suffered from Amoebic Dysen tery. Two were isolated for Chicken-pox. One Official was invalided out of the Service. Of a total Staff of 54, 51 fell victims to Influenza, 2 dying from lung complications. The health level of the Prisoners was as usual very low. Admissions to hospital were mainly for Dysentery (131 new comers, 68 recurrent cases—8 deaths), Ankylostomiasis, and Cardiac affections. At the outbreak of the Influenza Epidemic there was a daily average of 200 prisoners. All except 34 (they only had it slightly) contracted the disease in a severe form, suffering from various degrees of Broncho-Pneumonia or