Annual report of the Medical and Health Department / Colony of Seychelles.

  • Seychelles. Medical and Health Department.
Date:
[1953]
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Annual report of the Medical and Health Department / Colony of Seychelles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Stage of disease 1953 '1952 1951 1950 Primary & Secondary 45 133 199 266 Latent & tertiary 178 388 385 894 Congenital 4 13 49 77 An analysis of the occurrence of syphilis during the year is interest¬ ing as it indicates a substantial decline particularly in early syphilis. EARLY SYPHILIS (Primary & Secondary). Quarter of year Male Female Total January — March 16 10 26 April — June 7 6 13 July — September 2 1 3 October — December 2 1 3 LATE SYPHILIS (Latent, Tertiary, etc.) Quarter of year Male Female Total January —- March 14 19 33 April —- June 36 24 60 July — September 28 23 54 October — December 54 21 75 CONGENITAL SYPHILIS. Quarter of year Number January — March Nil April — June 2 July — September 1 October — December 1 SYPHILIS : OTHER INDICATIONS : Maternity Department : 1953 1950 Percentage of pregnant women K. R. pi us 5% 21% 1953 1952 x\ntenatal cases K. R. plus 5% u.i% Laboratory Kahn tests :— Year Number done Percentage Positive 1953 6228 18.10 1952 5618 20.68 1951 4911 23.00 1950 4774 38.07 %