Annual report on the Medical Department / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III.—HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES. COLONIAL HOSPITAL, FREETOWN. The Provincial Medical Officer, Dr. Burrows, was in charge of the Hospital until the 6th September, when he went on leave and his place was taken by Dr. C. H. Allan, who writes this report. Revenue.—The amounts received from paying patients are as follows :— Department. Amount. Compared with 1914. Remarks. In-patients £ s. d. 213 18 6 £ s. d. Increase 46 13 3 Includes payment for private Out-patients ... 86 6 0 Decrease 30 13 11 prescriptions. Total ... 300 4 6 £15 19 4 Increase. In-Patients.—The total number of in-patients was 1,136, compared with 1,443 in the previous year. This decrease is largely due to the shortage in the Nursing Staff caused by the expedition to the Cameroons, and also, because of scarcity of dressings, fewer ulcer cases were admitted. One of the male wards of the hospital was closed throughout the year except for brief periods when it was necessary to admit European seamen. The total number of deaths was 89, a percentage of 7*8, compared with a percentage of 7'6 in 1914, and it is below the average of recent years. Of these 32 died within 24 hours of admission. 0. Operations.—The total number of major operations performed was 218, a smaller number than during any year since 1909. The shortage in medical officers was the cause of the decrease. In addition to the foregoing reports submitted by Medical Officers, which represent the work done at the more important stations in the Colony and Protectorate, it might be mentioned that Dispensers have been stationed at:— Pujehun. Total cases treated ... ... ... 2,412 Kennema ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,754 Waterloo ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,395 Daru ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,176 Hastings .. .. ... . ... ... 2,109 Wellington (visited weekly) ... ... ... ... 538 Regent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,646 York ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,747 Kent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,026 Banana Islands... ... ... ... ... ... 1,410 Sumbuyah ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,346 Port Lokkoh ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,698 Batkanu ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,103 Kaballa ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,353 Medical Officers are usually stationed at Pujehun, Daru, Batkanu and Kaballa, but, owing to the war, the staff was reduced to a minimum. Arrangements were made, however, for emergency visits to these places.