Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate.

  • Zanzibar. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Leper Settlement Number remaining 31st December, 1948 ... 47 Number admitted during 1949 • . • . • 13 Number discharged during 1949 .. 5 Number died during 1949 ... . . • . • 3 Number remaining 31st December, 1949 Tuberculosis Asylum 52 Number \ remaining 31st December, 1948 ... 10 Number admitted during 1949 . • ... 47 Number discharged during 1949 . . ... 17 Number died during 1949 ... . * . 29 Number remaining 31st December, Prisons 1949 ... 11 Zanzibar.—^There were 987 new cases and 4,767 re-attendances at the Prison Infirmary during the year. One hundred and seventy-three cases of malaria and 14 cases of amoebic dysentery were recorded. All new prisoners are medically examined and if necessary treated before being put to work. The following is a summary of the work carried out: — Number of Daily average Daily average ■persons in on admitted prisons sick list Z anzibar 1,161 . ... 244.99 . 21.82- Pemba 766 ... 65.74 ' . 3.88 SECTION VII.—EINANCE (a) Expenditure, Health Department % £ Personal Emoluments ... 51,497 Other Charges : General Stores ... 2,204 Drugs, Dental and Surgical Kequisites ... 8,123 Maintenance of Patients ... 13,681 Sanitation Labour ... 2,640 Miscellaneous Services ... 8,461 Total ... 86,606 (b) Expenditure, Municipality £ Personal Emoluments ... ... ... 4,504 Other Charges : Equipment and Stores ... ... ... 238 Sanitation Labour ... ... ... 9,283 Total • • • 14,030