Annual medical and sanitary report / Tanganyika Territory.

  • Tanganyika. Medical Department.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Tanganyika Territory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1ms been printed and issued to all schools, missions, medical stations and native authorities describing the dangers of the condition and the steps to be taken to avoid catching or spreading the disease. This pamphlet will also appear in serial form m Mambo Leo, the monthly Swahili publication. Since the special tuberculosis investigation was begun, information has also been collected regarding the incidence of the disease m other parts of the Territory and it has been found to be more wide¬ spread than had been realized. The extension of this investigation to other areas is, therefore, most desirable in order to ensure that the policy for the control of tuber¬ culosis may be based upon accurate knowledge of the disease in all parts of the Territory where it occurs. A further free grant of £3,833 from the Colonial Develop¬ ment I und spiead over the next two years was asked for in order that the work should be continued and this request has been granted. In particular other highland areas such as Tukuyu, parts of the Kigoma District, and Kondoa-Irano-i will be examined. ° Venereal Diseases and Yaws. ... Treatment by injection continues to be popular; 35,229 cases of syphilis and 114,115 cases of yaws were treated throughout the year. The figures for the last eight years are as follows:— Syphilis Yaws 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 17.751 20,804 24,367 25.752 25,864 29,662 35.229 i 1,900 96,624 120,263 127,439 126,328 137,112 112,128 1U Tin Health of Prisoners. T^ie general health of the prisoners throughout the Territory was ihe death rate per 1,000 shows a decrease of 0-90. The figures for the last eight years are as follows:— satisfactory. 1925 Number of Daily average deaths number of prisoners during the year Death per 1,000 to average number of prisoners ... 59 1,732-12 34-00 1926 60 1,858-80 32-20 1927 32 1,695-91 18-80 1928 49 1,826-50 26-83 1929 23 1,905-10 12-07 1930 48 2,106-10 22-79 1931 59 2,370-00 24-89 1932 ... 58 Sanitation. 2,417-00 23-99 In spite of the reduction in the vote for sanitary labour essential public services have been maintained in the principal townships of the Territory, although it has not been possible to devote as much attention as usual to grass cutting, bush clearing, e c. Ihe report of the consulting engineers on the drainage and sewerage of Dar es balaam and Tanga was received early in the year. The sum required to carry out the whole scheme is large, and is unlikely to be available in the near future. Tim Minor Settlements Ordinance was enacted to j>rovide local sanitary authorities with powers for the sanitary control of the smaller trading centres, which are. not important enough to be gazetted townships. The delineation of these minor settlements” was completed in 1932 in every province except one, and the appointment of sanitary authorities was in progress. The economic depression has greatly reduced the number of labourers employed on the sisal estates, particularly those imported from the south-western area of the Territory; the health of the labourers generally has been satisfactory.