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

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1944]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Annex are A. • ■ TUBERCULOSIS SERVICE. REPORT OF WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR - , 9 1. Total number of patients seen at Chest Clinics ({a) Diagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberculosis New cases ... 366-j (b) Diagnosed as Non-tubercular ... 1(6*) Under observation Subsequent \ visits J 1944. 977 157 107 102 Total ... 977 2. Contacts examined by health visitors ... i nno-fW Negative ’ 1(5) Positive 3. Diagnostic aid used 1 4. Cases hospitalized 5. Discharged patients 123 ( (a) Sputum (b) Blood (c) Faeces (d) X’Rays (read & interpreted by Special Officer, Chest Diseases) (a) Males {1} Females ({a) Traced (by Health Visi- g9] tors) ~ j (5) Untraced or gone outsta- \ tion [{a) Number of visits to families by Health Visitors (b) Number of visits to families by Special Officer, Chest Diseases j (c) Number of families recommen¬ ded for relief from Tubercu- { losis Vote * Total amount spent on relief during 1914 7. Number of patients isolated under domiciliary supervision 8. Health, Education and Propaganda :— (a) Advice to patients and their friends. (5) Leaflets distributed among patients and the public. 6. Care and after-care< 848 161 Total ... 1,009 274 3 6 .. 317 83 .. 40 .. 60 2 ... 5,679 .. 551 ... 59* Rs. 4,325 ... 279 I have to record that arrangements made with the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services for the co-ordination of our work have not proved satisfactory. MILANIUS DE ALMEIDA, February 7, 1945. Special Officer, Chest Diseases. Annexure B. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER, MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE, FOR 1944. 1944 has been a fruitful year. We have shown satisfactory results in all branches of our service. Towards the tail end of the year our work was interrupted to some extent owing to the incidence of smallpox in the City. Fifty per cent, of our field nurses were requisitioned for special duty.