Medical report / British Honduras.

  • British Honduras. Medical Department.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Medical report / British Honduras. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Central Board of Health. Receipts : Expenditure : Personal Emoluments . . Other Charges Total Expenditure .. NIL $12,605.00 4,640.00 $17,245.00 The total expenditure for Medical and Sanitary services, in so far as the Central Board of Health is concerned with the latter service, was $109,167.56 and this represents 10% of the Estimated General Revenue of the Colony. II. PUBLIC HEALTH. General Remarks. No case of quarantinable disease occurred in the Colony during the year. Whooping Cough was epidemic during the year ; and there were 13 deaths from this disease. Influenza -was also prevalent and one death is registered from this disease in the Belize District. (1) GENERAL DISEASES. General Diseases are not common. Cancer was responsible for 20 deaths or 3.8% of the total certified deaths. In 1926 there were 17 deaths and in 1925, 12 deaths. The site of the disease was the Female Generative Organs in 6 cases only and the pharynx, oesophagus or liver in 7 cases. No deaths from this disease occurred in Orange Walk District. Diabetes was responsible for 4 deaths -— 3 of them being in Stann Creek District. Pellagra apparently does not occur. (2) COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. (a) Mosquito or Insect-borne Diseases. Malaria.—The deaths from this disease during the last four years are as follows :— In 1924, 30 deaths or 6.3% of the total certified deaths. In 1925, 29 deaths or 6.3% of the total certified deaths. In 1926, 28 deaths or 5.5% of the total certified deaths. In 1927, 36 deaths or 6.9% of the total certified deaths. During the year, there were 188 deaths uncertified by a Medical Practi¬ tioner in which the cause of death is stated to be “ Fever.” A large number of these uncertified deaths are probably due to Malaria.