Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast.

  • Gold Coast. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE VII. RETURN OF MALARIAL FEVER, BLACK-WATER FEVER, YELLOW FEVER, FILARIASIS AND DENGUE, DURING THE YEAR FROM THE 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1912. 1. Name of Colony 2. Total area 3. Estimated population— (a) Total (b) Europeans (c) Asiatics (d) Other races Gold Coast. 80,235 square miles. 1,503,386. 1,343. 46. 1,501,997. 4. Births during the year... Births are not registered in. the Colony until later in the year. 5. Deaths during the year— (a) Total deaths ... ... ... ... Colony 2,166. (b) Deaths ascribed to Fever ... ... — (c) Deaths ascribed to Black-water Fever... 6. (d) Deaths ascribed to Yellow Fever ... 4. 6. Government Hospitals— (a) Number of such Hospitals ... ... 22. (b) Totals during year (admissions) ... 3,837. (deaths) ... ... 230. (c) Malarial Fever (admissions) ... 460. (deaths) ... ... 5. (d) Black-water Fever (admissions) ... 15. (deaths) ... ... 6. (e) Yellow Fever (admissions) ... 6. (deaths) ... ... 4. (/) Filarial Diseases (admissions) ... 25. (deaths) ... ... 3. (g) Dengue (admissions)... ... Nil. (deaths) ... ... Nil. 7. Government Dispensaries— (a) Number of such Dispensaries ... ... 29. (b) Total attendances during year ... ... 42,333. (c) Attendances for Malaria ... ... 1,806. (d) Attendances for Filarial Diseases ... 1. (e) Attendances for Dengue ... ... Nil. 8. Medical Service— (a) Number of Government Medical Officers 56. (b) Number of Special Health Officers ... 5. (c) Number of other registered Practitioners 19. 9. Schools— (a) No. of Government and State-aided Schools ... *. 153. (b) No. of Scholars registered in these schools 18,524. (c) Percentage of daily attendances ... 14,113.