Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana.

  • British Guiana. Medical Department.
Date:
[1940]
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Page. Paragraph. I.—ADMINISTRATION— A.—Legislation ... 1 1 B.—Financial— Expenditure and Revenue 1- 2 2- 3 II.—VITAL STATISTICS 2- 4 4-12 III.—PUBLIC HEALTH— A.—General Remarks ... 5 13-19 B.—General Diseases— Nephritis 5 20 Respiratory Diseases ... 5 21 Bronchitis and Broncho-Pneumonia 5 22 Diseases of the Heart 6 23 Bowel Diseases (excluding the Enterics and Dysenteries) 6 24 Cancer and other Malignant Tumours 6 25-28 Diseases treated in Government Hospitals 6 29 Diseases responsible for highest number of deaths in Colony ... 7 30 •C.—Communicable Diseases— Malaria 7- 8 31-35 Influenza 8 36 Tuberculosis (all forms) 8 37-38 Enteric Group 8 39 Chicken Pox 8 40 Diphtheria 8 41 Anthrax 8 42 Anterior Poliomyelitis 8 43 Puerperal Fever 8 44 Smallpox-Vaccinations 8 45-46 Trachoma 8 47 Tetanus 8 48 Yaws 8 49 Ankylostomiasis 9 50 Venereal Diseases 9-11 51-61 Leprosy 11-12 62-68 Filariasis 12 69 Erysipelas 13 70 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 13 71 Quarantinable Diseases 13 72 Measles 13 73 IV.—HYGIENE AND SANITATION— Central Board of Health :— Record of Activities and annual statement Special Preventive Measures ... 13-14 14 74-82 83-87 V.—PORT HEALTH WORK AND ADMINISTRATION ... 14-16 88-103 VI.—RURAL HEALTH CENTRES 16 104-106 VII.—INFANT WELFARE AND MATERNITY ... 16-18 107-118 VIII.—SCHOOL MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES 18 119-124 IX.—NUTRITION 18 125-126 IX.—NUTRITION