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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    Table XXXV—Ankylostomiasis Treatment Reported as given by Estate Medical Staff during 1948 Treatments Census of Estates r- -- Percentage Oj Province Treated First Subsequent Total total treatments to Census Southern 14,284 . . 2,497 1,099 . . 3,596 25-2 Western 33,287 . . 5,740 1,332 . . 7,072 212 Central 355,416 . . 60,219 9,678 . . 59,897 16-9 Sabaragamuwa 110,147 .. 14,273 2,688 . . 16,961 15*4 Uva 80,902 . . 9,405 1,591 . . 10,996 13-5 North-Western 3,208 . . 280 80 . . 360 11-2 Total for 1948 597,244 82,414 . . 16,468 98,882 16-5 Total for 1947 447,181 75,784 16,601 92,385 20*7 The number of treatments reported by the Superintendent of Estates who maintain hospitals and dispensaries in their estate is more by 6,497 as compared with 1947. Table XXXVI Number of days spent by Anky. Dispensers on Treatment and Educational Work and the Number of Talks given by them during 1948, as compared with 1947. Number of Dispensers (19 in the field and two at the Head Office) Number of days spent on treatment Number of days spent on Anky. education Number of villages visited Number of homes visited Number of individual talks given in homes Number of village group talks given Number of school talks with charts given 1948 1947 21 . . 21 2,611 .. 734 3,105 . . 1,091 3,454 . . 960 78,733 .. 26,818 65,544 .. 24,462 5,707 . . 1,692 2,718 . . 480 A remarkable progress has been made on all the above items during 1948, although the number of dispensaries remained the same as last year. Table XXXVII Number of Schools, Estate and Villages treated by the Campaign Staff under the supervision of the various Officers of the Department during 1948 Supervising Officers Schools Estates Villages Medical Officers of Health 726 426 . . 394 District Medical Officers and Assistants 230 332 .. 261 School Medical Officers 213 . . — . . 19 Apothecaries in Charge of Dispensaries 336 98 . . 126 Total for 1948 . . 1,505 856 800 Total for 1947 . . 1,486 824 813 This table shows a slight improvement on the work done during 1947, I 28.78 per cent, of the schools and 3.91 per cent, c^f the villages have been treated. The number of estates treated was 37.07 per cent, of the total number of registered estates. There is room for improving this work and it is receiving the attention of the Department.