Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    34. Relapsing Fever.—459 cases reported, of which the majority were miscroscopically diagnosed. Of these 297 were treated in hospital with 3 deaths. 1936 1937 1938 1939 Fort Portal and dispensaries 51 42 29 40 Kabale and dispensaries 40 29 45 18 Mbarara and dispensaries 238 222 252 266 Masaka and dispensaries 108 109 112 105 Kampala • • . .< 10 16 Cases were also. treated at Jmja (6); Butiaba (4); Mubende, Entebbe, Masindi, West Nile, 1 each. 35. Plague.—323 cases with 308 deaths were reported, compared with 385 cases with 376 deaths in 1938. These occurred in the Mengo and Masaka Districts of Buganda Province, in the Teso, Busoga and Central Districts of the Eastern Province and in the Lango District of the Western Province. There was a remarkable drop in the number of cases in Busoga which fell from 63 in 1938 to 1 in 1939, and in Teso there were 30 less than in 1938. The total decrease in the Eastern Province was 92, but there was a small increase of 31 in Buganda Province. The death rate for the Protectorate was 95 36 per cent, as compared with 98 75 in 1938. Cases were distributed as follows: 1938 1939 Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Buganda Province 154 154 184 181 Eastern Province 215 206 123 111 Western Province 16 16 16 16 During the last 10 years the number of deaths from plague have been reported as follows: — Year. Deaths. Year. Deaths. 1930 . . 2,370 1935 .. 1,871 1931 .. 2,299 1936 929 1932 990 1937 478 1933 833 1938 376 1934 937 1939 308 36. Typhus.—Two cases were reported, one from Teso and one from Mengo. The use of Carnie’s disinfestor continued throughout the year in Kigezi and it is satisfactory to report that no cases were recorded from that district.