Annual medical and sanitary report / Swaziland.

  • Swaziland. Medical Department.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Swaziland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of cases of s}^philis treated each year would lead one to suspect that this disease is on the increase, but I consider that this apparent increase is due, partly to increased facilities for treatment, and partly to an increasing confidence of the Native in modern methods of treatment. Hospital figures would indicate that gonorrhoea is not a common disease, but this is far from being a fact. It is unfortunate that the Natives do not consider it a serious disease and have not the confidence in European methods of treatment that they have in the case of syphilis. HELMINTHIC DISEASES. Taeniasis is very common, and will continue to be so as long as the pig is expected to find its living as a kraal scavenger. Ascariasis is fairly common among the children, and Oxyuris Yermicularis is found occasionally. Schistosomiasis is a common complaint in all parts of the country below an altitude of about 3,000 feet. VITAL STATISTICS. (1) General Native Population. Estimated population in 1929—119,500. No other statistics are available. (2) General European Population. Estimated number of residents—2,610. Total deaths—26. Percentage of deaths to total residents—0-91. (3) European Officials. Table showing the Sick, Invaliding and European Officials. Death Eates of 1927. 1928. 1929. 1. Total number of officials resident ... 83 85 88 2. Average number resident 80 80 84 3. Total number on Sick List 7 16 17 4. Total number of days on Sick List 201 617 628 5. Average daily number on Sick List 0-55 1-7 1*7 6. Percentage of sick to average number resident 0-68 2-12 2-02