Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast.

  • Gold Coast. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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    “ During the whole case there has been no vomoting, and albumen did not appear in the urine until the 21st instant when there was only a trace. My suspicions as to its being a case of Yellow Fever were aroused. Dr. Clough saw the case with me and thought it suspicious. Dr. Connal saw the case on Saturday and he agreed as to its suspicious nature. “ On Sunday, the 21st, Dr. Dice very kindly came to see the case and pronounced it to be Yellow Fever. Dr. O’Brien also saw the case and agreed in the diagnosis. “ On the 25th the urine was examined by Dr. Connal and I attach his report:— “ Centrifugalised sediment. “ Scanty blood casts breaking up to become granular. Small groups of pus cells and a few epithelial cells of various kinds.” “ During the whole case there have been no typical symptoms to go upon, but the high temperature, pain in the head, brightness and yellowness of the eyes, combined with a low pulse rate and the presence of albumen and casts in the urine, point, I think, to a mild case of Yellow Fever.” Colonial Hospital, Accra, 29/7/12. (Sgd.) PHILIP D. OAKLEY, Medical Officer. Report of Cases at Labadi. “ The attached tables refer to the inmates of a house at Labadi, from which a person reported suffering from Yellow Fever. “ It will be noticed that seven persons showed a rise of temperature on the 28th of July. “ A control was taken by going to another house about 200 yards away, and taking the temperature of the inmates there, who numbered 15. There was slight rise in one instance only. “ Considering these facts we thought further investigations would be of interest. Arrangements were made to take the temperature and examine the urine, blood and fseces of the members of the family. The results of these examinations are appended in tabular form. “ The four patients—Choclioe, Odoley, Okerchri and Appiah— presented symptoms and signs which seemed to point to some common infectious disease. We think that they were suffering from Yellow Fever. The others might have been. The symptoms we admit were not severe, but this may be due to some degree of immunity from previous infections of the same disease. “ The local conditions were ideal for the spread of Yellow Fever.” (Sgd.) A. CONNAL, Medical Officer in charge of Laboratory. (Sgd.) A. J. R. O’BRIEN, Medical Officer of Health. Accra, 13th August, 1912. [279928] Ha