Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
Date:
[1910]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Digestive System:— Number. (1) Stomatitis 17 (2) Toothache 82 (3) Gum boil 14 (4) Pyorrhoea alveolaris 11 (5) Acute pharyngitis 11 (6) Chronic pharyngitis 15 (7) Tonsilitis 13 (8) Gastritis 152 (9) Dyspepsia 94 (10) Chronic enteritis 290 (11) Constipation 210 (12) Colic .. 52 (13) Hepatitis 5 (14) Jaundice 2 (15) Colocystitis 1 (16) Cirrhosis of liver 3 (17) Tabes mesenterica * 9 (18) Psilosis 7 (19) Prolapse of rectum • 3 I. Lymphatic System:— (1) Lymphangitis 20 (2) Adenitis 49 (3) Phlegmasia alba dolens. . 1 (4) Elephantiasis of penis .. 1 (5) Elephantiasis of scrotum 1 (6) Elephantiasis of leg 4 J. Urinary System :— (1) Albuminuria a (2) Acute Bright’s disease . . 10 (3) Chronic Bright’s disease 13 (4) Cystitis.. 7 (5) Incontinence of urine 4 K. Generative System:— (1) Prostatitis 5 (2) Balanatis 1 (3) Phimosis 1 (4) Paraphimosis 1 (5) Stricture at the meatus.. 2 (6) Retention of urine 3 (7) Urethritis 2 (8) Epididymitis 1 (9) Orchitis 9 (10) Hydrocele 2 (11) Phlebitis of right spermatic cord 2 (12) Vaginitis 3 (13) Leucorrhoea 18 (14) Amenorrhoea 6 (15) Dj'smenorhoea 62 (16) Menorrhagia 15 (17) Meteorrhagia 11 (18) Threatened abortion 11 Number. (19) Abortion 3 (20) Vasico vaginal fistula 1 (21) Prolapse of uterus , • 2 (22) Ovaritis 1 L. Integumentary System :— (1) Acne vulgaris 1 (2) Acne rosacea 2 (3) Lichen tropicus 17 (4) Urticaria 2 (5) Dermatitis herpetiformis 2 (6) Taenia versicolor' 2 (7) Erythema bullosa 3 (8) Pruritus 54 (9) Eczema 142 (10) Ringworm 50 (11) Impetigo contagiosa 5 (12) Herpes zoster 7 (13) Abrasions 13 (14) Contusions 92 (15) Tncised wounds 22 (16) Contused wounds 30 (17) Pune tured wounds 1 (18) Anal fissure 1 (19) Sinus 3 (20) Cellulitis 3 (21) Corn .. 2 (22) Onychia 34 (23) Furuncles 68 (24) Leucoderma 4 (25) Carbuncle 2 (26) Burn 14 (27) Tenosynovitis 1 (28) Sycosis barbae 1 (29) Ulcer 335 (30) Abscess 69 M. Organs of Locomotion :— ~ ~ o- -;-; --- (1) Periostitis # # 10 (2) Fractures , , 2 (3) Dislocations N. • * 5 Tumours :— (1) Lipoma 1 (2) Endothelioma 1 (3) Palatal cysts 2 (4) Ovarian cyst 3 (5) Uterine fibroid 1 (6) Sarcoma 1 (7) Cancer . . O. 3 Abdominal Diseases :— (1) Intestinal obstruction . . , . 1 (2) Pelvic cellulitis , . • • 2 (3) Inguinal hernia • . • . 3 (4) Appendicitis • • 1 (c) Visits by the Medical Officer. Number. Visits paid by the Medical Officer to those unable to attend at the Dispensary 81 Visits paid to those reported by the Health Visitor as unable to attend . . 25 Labour cases in which medical or surgical aid rendered . . .. 3 Visits paid to cases attended to by the Municipal midwife . . 64 Cases sent in by Health Visitor by ticket .. . . . . 506 (d) Work done by the Health Visitor. Statement showing details of work done (A) by Miss de Haan from February 1 to June 30, 1910, and (B) by Miss de Neys from July 1 to December 31, 1910. Number of visits paid to houses Number of dispensary tickets issued Number of cases in which Medical Officer was requested to visit Number of houses where instructions re infant feeding were given (A) (B) Total. 11,714 , , 11,468 . . 23,182 352 152 504 9 15 24 122 468 590 [ 89 ]