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

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chickenpox.—4,508 cases were reported during ,the year with no deaths. Diphtheria.—181 cases were reported with 25 deaths as against 140 cases with 31 deaths for 1947. The fatality rate was 13.81 as compared to 22.14 in 1947. Measles.—The total number of measles cases reported was 2,461 with three deaths giving a fatality rate of .12 as against 3,896 cases with four deaths in 1947. Mumps.—The fatality rate for Mumps was .13, the number of cases reported and deaths being 793 and one respectively. Whoopmg Cough.—323 cases were reported with three deaths, the fatality rate being .93 as against 2.58 in 1947. Typhoid.—1,838 cases have been reported with 198 deaths as against 2,096 cases with 273 deaths for 1947. The fatality rate was 10.77 as compared with 13.02 for the previous year. Few weeks after the Esala festival at Kataragama in Southern Province it was observed that Typhoid Fever had occurred among people who had visited Kataragama. Investigations were made and 154 cases of Typhoid w^ere detected in various parts of the Island among people who attended Kataragama. To avoid a major outbreak, all Medical Officers of Health were instructed to carry out mass inoculations against Typhoid fever. The following table shows the number of anti-typhoid inoculations given in the whole Island during 1948 as compared with 1947: 2947 1948 First dose . . . . • • 86,521 . . 160,237 Second dose . . • • 69,287 . . 115,527 Dysentery.—1,061 cases of dysentery were reported with 116 deaths giving a fatality rate of 10.93 as against 1,246 cases with 124 deaths and a fatality rate of 9.95 for the previous year. Malaria.—See separate Section on Malaria. Filariasis.—See separate Section on Filariasis. Parangi (Yaws).—There were altogether 3,269 known cases of Parangi out of which, 1,198 were infectious and the rest 2,071 non-infectious. The largest number of cases was from the Southern Province. Parangi treatment is done in hospitals, dispensaries and clinics where the disease is prevalent. A number of new cases have been detected in Laggala Korale where a special survey was conducted during the year. Facilities are being provided for treat¬ ment of these cases at Pallegama Hospital. The following table shows the work done in this connection during the year. Table XXIX —Parangi—Work done by Field Officers 0 Cases Injections given No. of Cases at end of Year Province Total Ineffective ■e 1 e a 1 3 Second Third Fourth Total Total Ineffective 1 c , c o W estern — — — — — . . - . . - . . — .. — . . — .. - . . - Central .. Sl.'S.. 81.. 234.. 123.. 117.. 66.. 33.. 34.. 250. . 315.. 70. . 245 Southern .. 2,085.. 977.. 1,108.. 640.. 640.. 210.. 199.. 168.. 1,207. . 1,895.. 720. . 1,176 Ea.stern . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - , , - . . — • . - . . - . . - . • - . . Northern . . - . . - . , - . , - . . - . . — .. — ,. — .. — . . — .. - . . — North-Western .. 393.. 9.. 384.. 49.. 46. . 28.. 13.. 7.. 94. . 393.. 6. . 387 North-Central .. 406.. 93. . 813., ,30.. 30.. 23.. 9.. 4.. 66. . 406.. 80. . 326 Sabaragamuwa 70.. 38.. 32.. 64.. 36.. 7.. 7.. 35.. 85. . 70.. 30. . 40 Uva .. • • • • •