Annual medical report / Tanganyika Territory.

  • Tanganyika. Medical Department.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: Annual medical report / Tanganyika Territory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX II.—continued. Report on Prisons by Stations—continued. Singida. Songea. Tabora. 13. Floor space in square feet per Prisoner, taking average number of Prisoners 35 sq. ft. 144 sq. ft. 14. Labour on which Prisoners are em¬ ployed, and hours of work Road making building repairs, station improve¬ ments and general labour, 6.30 a m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Prison industries, carpentry, tailor¬ ing, rope making. Outside work— Brick making, and building, wood chopping, water carrying. 15. Sanitary condition of Prison — Satisfactory. Good. 16. Are floors of Cells cemented ? 0 1 • No, the floors are of mud. Those of the Associ- ation cells are cemented. 17. Prevailing Diseases — Malaria, Rheumat¬ ism, and Bronchitis. — 18. Rules as to diet and hours of meals. What variety is provided—green food ? meat ? Food twice daily. Prisoners are fed according to the scale laid down bv Govt. Notice No. 118 of 1921. 6 a.m., 12 noon, 6 p.m., mealies (mea- lie-meal), germin¬ ated beans, rnuho- go, meat. 4 oz. each Sun., Thurs., Tues. Green food twiop a week (4 ozs.l. 19. Vaccinations : number vaccinated, 1924 . Results—Successful .. — 40 22 On repeated exam¬ ination. The average num- be of unvaccinated Modified — 7 prisoners is about 20%. Failures Number excused vaccination on account of previous small-pox or successful recent vaccina,- — 11 4 On discharge those unvaccinated are vaccinated. tion Number not protected against small-pox — Nil. — 20. Infective Diseases, Number of cases of— Chicken-pox Dysentery Influenza Other .. — — TO 7 Mumps 14, Yaws 4. 21. Insect and other Pests in Prison Lice Bugs Fleas Ornithodorus Moubata Rats — No. No. The food is now kept in rat-proof tins.