Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
Date:
[1958]
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Credit: Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    /.-X-Ray Unit The X-Ray Units in Freetown and Bo were in operation during the whole year. The following table records the number of examinations performed in Freetown and Bo: — FREETO WN Total number of patients examined 1956 8,580 1957 10,571 1958 11,916 Fluoroscopic Examination Radiographic Examination 921 14,189 1,350 15,891 2,300 17,344 Total Radiological Examinations 15,110 17,241 19,644 In Bo 2,701 patients were examined during the year as compared with 2,303 in 1957. /.—Operating Theatre—Connaught Hospital The following table records the number of major and minor operations performed in the Connaught Hospital Operating Theatre during the past five years: — Total Cured Re¬ lieved Un¬ relieved Died 1954 3,836 2,335 1,093 10 20 1955 3,796 1,756 1.976 24 26 1956 4,004 1,979 1,950 53 22 1957 3,104 1,544 1,503 41 16 1958 3,976 2,070 1,832 48 26 Number of ships boarded K—PORT HEALTH Freetown Port 1956 720 1957 1,028 1958 1,135 Number of smallpox vaccinations performed . . 7,201 86,598 788 Number of yellow fever inoculations performed 2,293 3,758 4,215 Freetown Airport—Lungi One thousand four hundred and eighty-four aircrafts visited and were sprayed with insecticides. Nine hundred and eighty-four vaccinations against smallpox were performed. L.—Dental Service The figures given for treatment in Freetown are: — Total Ex- Other Attendances Fillings tractions Treatment 1953 .. 7,789 1,192 6,120 389 1954 .. 6,134 702 5,878 731 1955 .. 8,574 1,219 5,031 2,324 1956 .. 9,783 1,186 8,044 971 1957 .. 8,916 384 3,206 875 1958 .. .. 10,283 1,155 10,000 1,169