Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of the Gambia.

  • Gambia. Medical Department.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Colony of the Gambia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFANTILE MORTALITY FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS IN THE COLONY. Years. Total Births. Deaths over 1 year and under 5 years. Deaths over 1 week and under 1 year. Deaths over 1 day and under 1 week. Deaths under 24 hours. Still Births. Remarks. 1908 . 351 55 77 23 32 1909 . 339 23 50 . 11 17 24 1910 . 363 40 68 34 11 27 1911 . 306 29 43 15 1 28 1912 . 203 42 66 6 — 26 1913 . 254 20 50 22 3 29 1914 . 304 27 59 16 5 27 1915 . 279 40 58 18 1 30 1916 . 314 46 61 10 3 22 Bathurst only. 1917 . 337 22 59 9 — 30 do. The annual birth rate 1917 = 39*7 per 1,000. Hospital Buildings. The undermentioned alterations, erections and repairs have been effected. GENERAL. . VICTORIA HOSPITAL. Cleaning and painting of Hospital buildings and quarters of the staff. Renewal of Mosquito-proof doors, windows, etc. New Mortuary erected with an apartment for postmortem examination. Operating Theatre improved by additional ventilations and the wooden floor replaced by glazed tiles. The front verandah (main Hospital) of worn-out brick floor changed for cement concrete. INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. The buildings have been repaired and colour washed. The walls of buildings are principally cane, and are not very permanent structures—a more substantial material is recommended. HOME FOR DESTITUTES AND AFFLICTED PERSONS. This Hospital was also cleaned, repaired and colour-washed. THE GENERAL CEMETERY. A new small Mortuary has been erected in the General Cemetery for bodies in advanced stages of decomposition. THE MacCARTHY ISLAND GENERAL HOSPITAL. Minor repairs were undertaken in this Hospital. It is the only Hospital in the Protectorate of the Gambia. Laws and Regulations. The following laws were enacted — Rules relating to the European Nursing Sisters, published in Gazette No. 13, 1917. Rules for Hospitals and Dispensaries, published in Gazette No. 20 of 1917.