Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana.

  • British Guiana. Medical Department.
Date:
[1944]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Corresponding - OUT- number in IN- -PATIENT PATIENT. No. International Total T otal T otal Lists. Disease. Cases. Deaths. Cases. 55 124 Cirrhosis of the liver .... _ 32 9 44 515 125-127 Other diseases of the liver and biliary 57 passage .. 218 23 1,052 115, 118, 123 128-129 1 • j Other diseases of the digestive system 896 29 1,671 58 130-132 Nephritis (all forms) — 130 (a) Acute 18 10 109 131 (b) Chronic 265 54 189 59 133-139 Other non-venereal diseases of the genito- urinary system .. 1,606 63 775 60 140-150 Diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperal state— 140, 141 (a) Abortion 224 — 16 142 (b) Ectopic gestation 9 —• — 145-146 (c) Toxaemias of pregnancy 45 12 — 148-150 (d) Other conditions of the puer- peral state .... 113 33 227 61 151-156 Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue. bones, and organs of locomotion 3,102 48 3,251 62 157-161 Congenital malformations and diseases of early infancy— 158 (a) Congenital debility (Chil- dren under 1 year) .... 82 54 — 159 (b) Premature Birth 112 75 — 160 (c) Injury at birth 11 4 •— 63 162 Senility 306 60 882 64 163-198 External causes—- 163-171 (a) Suicide — — — 172-198 (b) Other forms of violence 1,666 29 4,865 65 199-200 Ill-defined causes 375 20 858 Pregnancy (non-delivery) .... 455 2 530 Normal labour 1,926 3 — Not sick 420 — 87 25,777 1,573 46,546 IX.—THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS, CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 79. Lectures in Elementary Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry were given during the year to candidates intending to sit the First Professional and Final Examinations for Chemists and Druggists. No examinations were held by the Board during the year.