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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    Month. January February March April May .. June July. August September October November December 56. Chicken Pox. There were 48 cases as compared with 94 cases in 1943. 57. Diphtheria. There were 87 cases, with 16 deaths, as compared with 73 cases and 15 deaths in 1943. 58. Puerperal Fever. There were 1 2 cases during the year with 4 deaths, against 22 cases with 15 deaths in 1943. 59. Small Pox. There was no case of Small Pox reported in the Colony during the year. During the year 7,758 persons were successfully vaccinated. Infant vaccination is now required by law. 60. Trachoma. There were 9 cases notified, as compared with 7 in 1943. 61. TETANUS. 35 cases were treated in Public Hospitals with 19 deaths, compared with 29 cases and 19 deaths in 1943. 62. Yaws. 14 cases were treated in Public Hospitals, as against 6 in 1943. There were no deaths. 110 cases were treated in the Out-Patient Departments as against 9 in 1943. This increased figure is due to a campaign con¬ ducted among the aboriginal Indians in the North-West District. 63. Ankylostomiasis. 264 cases were treated in Public Hospitals with 2 deaths com¬ pared with 155 cases and 4 deaths in 1943. The deaths registered as due to this disease throughout the Colony were 8 as compared with 7 in 1943. * Cases. . 32 . 39 .... 53 . 43 . 68 . 77 .... 70 .... 51 . 58 . 63 .... 60 .... 66 64. Yellow Fever. No case of Yel¬ low Fever has been known to occur in the Col¬ ony during the year. 65. The Anti-Aedes (Yellow Fever Control) Service is operated in co-operation with the Rockefeller Foundation, which con¬ tributes the services and travelling expenses of a staff member who acts as chief officer and $4,500 for office expenses, clerical assistance and emergency supplies. A detailed report of the work of this Service has been submitted as a separate report. 66. LEPROSY. There were 35 new ad¬ missions to the Leprosy Hospital. 591 out¬ patients attended the various clinics. (Please see also Appendix III). 67. FilAriasis. tered from this disease. 34 deaths were regis- 68. notified. Erysipelas. There were 2 cases 69. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. 26 cases were notified, as compared with 34 cases in the previous year. 70. Measles. There were 7 cases treated as in-patients at Public Hospitals during the year, with no deaths. 71. Venereal Diseases. The follow¬ ing table gives the number of cases of venereal diseases treated as in-patients in Public Hospitals for the last two years :— SYPHILIS 1 Year. ! | ] Primary. Secondary. | Tertiary. | I Hereditary. [ Stage not J indicated. | Soft Chancroid. 1 Gonorrhea. Granuloma venereum. 1943 | 190 ! 21 j 318 23 j 2 1 48 | 733 | 69 *1944 181 —---r-7- 28 i 248 8 21 » r 429 13