Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1930]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (10) Tuberculosis of the Lungs.—The following table shows a comparison between the figures for 1980 and the figures for the previous five years : — 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. Hospital cases 4,155 .. 4,363 .. 4,247 .. 4,120 .. 4,239 . . 3,98o Hospital deaths Total number of deaths 1,000 . . 1,074 . . 1,027 . . 1,110 .. 648 .. 1,056 registered for the Island 3,241 .. 3,309 . . 3,353 . . 3,380 .. 3,532 .. 3,318 Three special institutions—the Anti-Tuberculosis Institute, Colombo (outdoor), the Kandana Sanatorium, Western Province, for early cases, and the Bagama Tuberculosis Hospital, Western Province, for advanced and chronic cases—are maintained to deal with this disease. A fourth institution, the Kankesanturai Sanatorium, in the north of the Island, where the climate is dry and mild, of 44 beds, has been completed but is not yet opened. A large number of cases are tlso treated in the Tuberculosis Wards of the General Hospital, Colombo. The cumber of cases treated at the outdoor dispensaries in the Island was 2,328. The following tables show the total cases and deaths from the communicable dheases notified for the whole Island inclusive of the three municipal towns, and thtir distribution according to months and provinces: — Diseases. Cases. Chickenpox 5,061 . Diphtheria • • 52 . Dysentery- • • 3,814 . Enteric Fever # , 2,535 . Measles 741 . Mumps • . 542 . Pulmonary Tuberculosis 2,102 . Whooping Cough • • 309 . Cholera * * — Plague « • 46 . Smallpox • • 41 . Deaths. Fatality Rate. Fatality Rate for 1929. 2 . . 0.04 .. 0.07 12 . . 23.1 20.83 616 . . 16.1 12.86 571 . . 22.5 19.03 4 . . 0.5 0.27 820 * 39.0 27.72 4 . . 1.3 42.31 42 ! ! 91.3 !! 96.87 6 .. 14.6 — Table Showing the Distribution of the Communicable Diseases Notified by Months. Months. Chicken- pox. Diph¬ theria. Dysen¬ tery. Enteric. Measles. Mumps. Pul¬ monary Tuber¬ culosis. Whoop¬ ing Cholera. Cough. Plague. Small¬ pox. January ..578 .. 5 574 . . 229 . . 78 . . 41 . .156 9 .. — 3 .. 1 February .. 624 4 . . 330 . . 182 . . 100 . . 43 . .130 .. 9 .. — 3 .. 25 March . . 652 5 . . 252 . . 174 . . 100 . . 67 . .154 .. 29 . . — . 5 3 April ..553 .. A . . 127 . . 144 . . 122 . . 22 . .178 .. 4 . . — 2 5 May ..389 .. 7 .. 88 . . 242 . . 62 . . 30 . .222 11 . . — . ; 6 6 June ..271 .. 2 201 . . 239 . . 35 . . 66 . . 165 .. 8 .. — i .. 1 July ..257 .. 7 1! 385 . . 282 . . 110 . . 93 . .196 .. 10 3 .. — August .. 280 .. 4 . . 276 . . 302 . . 25 . . 25 . .186 12 .. — . 4 .. -. September .. 400 .. 5 . . 273 . . 218 . . 26 . . 28 . .184 51 . . — . 1 .. -- October ..369 .. 3 .. 433 . . 187 . . 50 . . 39 . .204 69 . . — . 2 .. — November . . 394 2 456 . . 184 . . 23 . . 37 . .174 .. 97 .. — . 4 .. — December ..294 .. 4 .*. 419 . .. 152 . . 10 . . 51 . .153 .. — . . — . 12 — Table Showing the Distribution of the Communicable Diseases Notified by Provinces. Province. Chicken- pox. Diph¬ theria. Dysen¬ tery. Enteric. Measles. Mumps. Pul¬ monary Tuber¬ culosis. Whoop¬ ing Cough. Cholera. Plague. Small¬ pox. Western .. 2,407.. 42.. 2,298. . 1,460.. 303. 134. . 1,365. 185. — 42.. 35 Central .. 1,083.. 4.. 181. 166.. 134. 176. 161. 59. . - — 6< Southern 705.. 1.. 678. 656.. 27. 86. 283. 4. — — — Eastern 6.. — 41. 12. . 18. 1. 5. 37. . -• — — Northern 61.. 1.. 76. 50.. 13. 32. 83. — . - 3!! — North-Central 1.. —. 10. 4.. — . — . — . 2. . - — — North-Western 185 1.. 118. 20. . 198. 98. 100. 19. . - l!! — Sabaragamuwa .. 560.. 2. . 408. 139.. 37. 1. 88. 3. . - — — Uva 53.. 1.. 4. 28.. 11. 14. 17. — . - - . — —