Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate.

  • Zanzibar. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1946]
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Credit: Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Port Health Work and Administration. 270 ships and 1,412 dhows called at Zanzibar and were boarded for inspection. 973 aircraft landed on the aerodrome. 22,063 immigrants arrived and 19,925 emigrants left by sea and 1,775 immigrants arrived and 1,717 emigrants left by air. 1,889 vaccinations were carried out on ships and dhows. 18 persons suffering from trachoma were declared to be prohibited immigrants. East African quarantine station.—This station was maintained through¬ out the year. 149 persons were placed under observation and 69 were allowed to land under surveillance. One fatal case of smallpox was landed from a dhow. Report of the Dental Surgeon. Every school was v:sited during the year and 3,476 children were inspected. 1,776 were found to require dental treatment. The island of Pemba had the services of a dental surgeon on three occasions totalling 70 days. The following is a summary of the work done:— Schools. European. Non- European. Attendance 1,844 (approx.) 867 14,88*8 Fillings 1,682 528 155 Extractions 981 74 7,269 Scalings 40 102 37 Maternity and Child Welfare. Clinics for women and children were continued in both islands. (a) Zanzibar Clinic. New cases. Re-attendences. General cases ... 11,327 34,190 Ante natal ... 415 1,112 Infant welfare 283 940 Totals ... 12,025 36,242 Patients admitted to the Maternity Hospital numbered 248. (b) Maternity Hospital, Zanzibar. Analysis of Maternity Cases. Total deliveries ... ... 248 Abortion and miscarriage ... 20 Placenta prsevia ... ... 2 Eclampsia and toxaemia ... 4 Maternal deaths ... ... 4 Infant deaths and still-births. 24 Forceps and episiotomy ... 15 Other obstetrical operations ... 3 Ectopic gestation ... ... 1