Medical and sanitary report / Bahamas.

  • Bahamas. Medical Department.
Date:
[1934]
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    RETURN OF DISEASES AND DEATHS (IN-PATIENTS) FOR THE YEAR 1934. Diseases. Remain¬ ing in Hospital at end of 1933. Yearly Total. Total Cases Treated. Remain¬ ing in Hospital at end of 1934. Admissions Deaths. X.—Diseases of Bones and Or- gans of Locomotion (other than Tuberculosis). Diseases of Bones: Osteitis. 2 4 6 Diseases of Joints: Arthritis. 1 35 26 Synovitis. 1 1 Other Diseases of Bones or Or- gans of Locomotion. 5 5 XI.—Malformations. Malformations: Hydrocephalus. 1 1 1 XII.—Diseases of Infancy. Congenital Debility. 5 4 5 Premature Birth. 3 3 3 Other affections of Infancy. 5 1 5 Infant neglect (infants of three months or over). 5 5 1 2 XIII.—A [lections of Old Age. Senility. 13 2 Senile Dementia. 3 5 2 21 2 XIV.—A sections produced by Ex- ternal causes. Food Poisoning: Botulism. 3 3 Attacks of poisonous animals: Insect Bite. 2 2 Other accidental Poisonings. . . 6 6 Burns (by Fire). 2 17 2 19 4 Burns (other than by Fire). 2 2 Drowning (accidental). 1 1 Wounds (by cutting or stabbing instruments).. . 25 25 Wounds (by Fall). 7 7 Wounds (crushing, e.g., railway accidents, etc.) 1 1 Dislocation. 1 1 Sprain. 5 5 Fracture. 2 29 2 31 2 Other external injuries. 3 75 75 3 Deaths by violence of unknown cause. 1 1 1 XV.—Ill-Defined Diseases. Sudden Death (cause unknown). . 1 1 1 Diseases not already specified or ill-defined: 96 1 96 5 Asthenia. 1 15 3 16 Hyperpyrexia. 1 1 Malingering. 3 3 Total. 86 2233 217 2319 66