Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius.

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department.
Date:
[1899]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    18/50 (page 226)
    The following table gives the comparative prevalence of these respective diseases in the 4 quarters of the year, as con- - trasted with 1898. Table Y. Quarter. Total No. of patients. Malaria. Respira¬ tory diseases. Diseases of the Digestive System. Dy¬ sentery. In¬ fluenza. Anaemia, Debility. 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 1899 1St. % a 9 • • a 318 261 191 102 19 37 40 41 29 17 5 0 4 8 3 1 2 Q(^ « 1 1 1 • • • 364 369 194 147 33 53 36 30 26 22 24 34 6 18 6 14 3rd. • c» 255 253 104 39 54 60 28 34 18 10 3 1 12 22 4 15 4 th f O o • • • « 213 236 61 57 42 36 28 31 16 12 0 0 4 15 8 14 1150 1119 550 345 148 186 132 136 89 61 32 35 26 63 21 44 Malaria and Dysentery prevailed in the first two quarters. Influenza in the second, and Respiratory diseases in the second and third. As in 1898, Gastro-intestinal complaints were of com¬ paratively uniform occurrence throughout the year. The above table shows a considerable diminution in the number of cases of Malarial Fever and Dysentery as compared with the preceding year. There was, on the other hand, an increased prevalence of Respiratory diseases. Anaemia and Debility. The two last mentioned affections were exclusively complaints of newly admitted prisoners. Remarks on particular general character a mildness or severity. 1. Malaria.—The following is a classification of the malarial cases that have occurred during the year according to their clinical types :— Table VI. Types. Cases. Deaths. A. Intermittent. t a. Single attacks • • # • « • 121 b. Quotidian • • • • • • 181 c. Tertian • • • • • • 14 d. Quartan ... J ... 11 e. Irregular ... ttt • • • 6 B. Remittent ... ... IM ••• 10 IM C. Pernicious . • • • M • 2 1 Total III • • • 345 1