Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast.

  • Gold Coast. Medical Department.
Date:
[1902]
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Credit: Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 Return of Diseases and Deaths—continued. Remain¬ ing in Yearly Total. Total Remain¬ ing in diseases. Hospital at end of 1901. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Cases Treated. Hospital at end of 1902. REMARKS. Brought forward • . . 38 1,184 143 1,222 35 Injuries, General— Solar Insolation — 2 1 2 2 Gun-shot Wounds ... ... — 4 — 4 1 Injuries, Local— Compound Fracture of Tibia 2 * 2 1 Contusion of Foot ... — 5 — 5 — jj )) Ribs ••• ... — 1 — 1 — 5 5 jj Spine ••• ••• — 1 — 1 — Dislocation of left Arm — 2 — 2 — Fracture Potts — 1 — 1 — „ of Fibula and Tibia — 7 — 7 1 „ ,, Skull ... — 2 1 2 — „ „ Thigh. — 5 — 5 1 „ „ Femur ... — 1 1 1 — Injury of Abdomen — 3 2 3 — Wound of Cheek ... — 8 — 8 — 5> >> Foot ... ... — 19 — 19 — „ „ Hand — 1 — 1 — „ „ Head — 1 —• 1 — „ „ „ and Face ... — 7 — 7 — Shark Bite ... —- 1 — 1 — Surgical Operations— Circumcision — 1 — 1 — Ainhum, little Toe, removal of — 1 — 1 — Ingrowing Toe Nail, removal of — 2 — 2 — Myofibroma large, removal of — 2 — 2 — Paraphimosis — 1 — 1 — Hydrocele, Tapped — 1 — 1 — Removal of Tumour in Jaw — 1 — 1 — Dilation of Urethral Stricture — 1 ■— 1 — Malformations ... — — — — — Poisons— Septic Wound ... — 2 2 2 — Turpentine Poison ... ... — 2 — 2 — Parasites— Guinea Worm 1 36 — 37 1 Filaria Medinensis ...* ... — 4 — 4 — Total ... ... 39 1,311 150 1,350 42