Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1938]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table III. Ankylostomiasis Treatments at Government Hospitals and Dispensaries in 1938. Treatments. Percentage Province. Attendance f ' A of treatment (First Visits). First. Subsequent. Total. to First Visits. Uva 233,338 . . 66,524 776 .. 67,300 28-8 Sabaraganuwa 585,059 . . 158,349 3,356 . . 161,705 27 • 6 Western .. 1,253,171 .. 333,184 9,479 . . 342,663 27 • 3 Eastern 367,379 . . 83,627 2,567 . . 86,194 23 • 5 Central 661,963 .. 140,011 8,374 . . 148,385 22-4 Southern 1,035,058 207,312 15,300 .. 222,612 21.5 North-Western .. 1,068,746 .. 187,908 7,665 . . 195,573 18-3 Northern 364,649 . . 63,300 1,144 .. 64,444 17-7 North-Central 354,907 . . 38,469 500 . . 38,969 11-0 Total for 1938 . . 5,924,270 1,278,684 49,161 1,327,845 22-4 Total for 1937 .. 6,001,186 1,393,987 49,906 1,443,893 24-1 Table IV. Ankylostomiasis Treatments given by the Medical Officers of the Department outside their Institutions without the aid of the Campaign Staff during 1938. Schools. Estates. ' Villages. Total. r Province. Number. ■ Number i . umbc r. \ Number f- Number. - - Number r Number Number treated. treated. treated. treated. Central 12. . 1,602. 70. . 25,119 9. . 602 91. . 27,323 North-Western . 23. . 2,080. 1. 135 41. . 14,720 65. . 16,935 Uva 6. . 410. 30. . 12,974 11 . . 538 47. . 13,922 Western 26. . 2,323. 18. 5,153 20. . 5,413 64. . 12,889 Sabaragamuwa 18. . 1,300. 13. 1,493 10. . 5,210 41. . 8,003 Northern 32. . 1,871. — . — 18. . 1,932 50. . 3,803 Southern 10. . 648. 2 461 16. . 2,829 28. . 3,938 North-Central . 1. . 36. . — . — — . . — 1. . 36 Total for 1938 . 128 10,270 134 45,335 125 31,244 387 86.849 Total for 1937 . 73 4,741 58 17,918 33 7.824 164 30,483 Table V. Ankylostomiasis Treatments given by Campaign Staff in Schools, Estates and Villages, outside Health Unit areas, during 1938. No. of units dealt with. Census Treatments. No. of Province. •--- in --*-- School Schools. Estates. Villages. Schools. School Estate Children Children. Labourers. Villagers Total, treated: to Census. North-Central .. 57.. — 92. . 4,847.. 3,627.. — 4,959.. 8,586. . 74-8 North-Western 355.. 37.. 191.. 43,556.. 30,910.. 2,782.. 19,775. . 53,467.. 71-0 < Central 293.. 493.. 255. . 43,798.. 30,192.. 142,677. . 20,684. . 193,553.. 68-7 Uva . . 56.. 136. . 84.. 6,962.. 4,507.. 45,955. . 4,569. . 55,031.. 64*7 Sabaragamuwa 292.. 223. . 95.. 33,142.. 20,960.. 63,059. . 9,467. . 93,486. . 63'2 Eastern 125.. — 109.. 13,085.. 7,531.. — 10,572. . 18,103. . 57-6 Northern 410.. — 43.. 45,414.. 23,723.. — 3,615. . 27,338. . 52*2 Southern 337.. 24. . 152.. 50,031.. 24,759.. 4,259. . 16,819. . 45,837. . 49*5 Western 398.. 70.. 43.. 61,299.. 28,354.. 15,698.. 9,180. . 53,232.. 46-3 Total for 1938 . . 2,323 983 1,064 302,184 174,563 274,430 99,640 548,633 57*8 244,499 92,795 488,329