Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 '■'3 cxiu 158,960 grains wer-a issued through. Administrative officer • . . . , ' C ' ' ()! ' ' i » I. ' • • and the post office making a total of 2,401,460 grains* • *: , : •. g. „ ... , I . ' .. ,* •, , • r- Malaria contracted by crcTsrs of ohips lying in fort con- dilutes. a problem of seme magnitude and all jiao tors cf 0;; : ■ .' :y.1 a a ai:h .>;.. b -■ ri ’ v . do ships arc given instructions regarding pro-phy lamia* fjx • * • •*..* » . ' • . - » * *■ i * * * • • • 1 . •'* ■«» • * ^ > x ; s .. Jwj i . •■ . :. 1 s. . i • f adequate shore control, apart altogether from the very large » * • i * ,*/*»;- expense involved, trill take some tine to become effective ** • ' 1 f • f ' , -• ' 4 . * ' r ' f ! *' ‘ f f r •) * • v 4 . * ' . r' * • • * - • V-?- • w ^-V. U yi • V.'.‘ . Vi , vj U «» •- J . Vi , ^ v. - and immediate results can only he oh tallied hy measures ' ' » . d . at ; V. ' f Citl'yj J ... .. .• bovtad'/Co hoc! ; *1 taken on the ships* These must he made compulsory hy ' » 4 \ \ ■* *• > ' * i - ‘ .« <** '»' 4 .* ' » ' / • * < , f ? * ■ ‘ .. , . V . V , ' .. . , . .... # • . • • .... • **• ,* means, of Ministry of shipping Regulations* ' . • ; . . ' • ' ■ 1 . . . t p , y • • . -Vi . . ,v. * - ‘ l \ A J* . V/ i W I I „/ a ' ^ . • * 4 Although Rreetovsi is luydonhtcdly an Important source of ,1 • ' * ' V » 1 ' • i ’ • • • i • *» •; i \ •' - ' ■ 1 i ' . • • ir ■ * * / . *' ^ V.- *4 * 1‘ / .y. * / » M < , t V ' • »' 4 . . . V , ... 4 4 H« ., I - , » J 4 * . J ‘,1.1 infection the fact' that ships arrive here with cases of :): a Kj ' • •'..*« J. Or .' a:: o rl.; a c 1:<> ri: : ' j; I ;; malaria aboard indicate that there are sources of Infection r, ■ ' ' , ■ 4 • . ./ u i 'i .’ j, ; ' in other West African ports where similar measures must he » i .. C i * f J J • ,/ o talcon* Unauthorised visits ashore hy seamen after dark' {J.. t • > *. vj add considerably to the risks of infection* 4* 0- -' *•« * p • - , v • .(*) A small cut-h re ale of small- ;ok occurred in-the spring l * t * ^ \/ . -■ * * V < •.* . 4 \ 4. 1.- . , * L t i. 4 ’ ,* •» i i ' . *. i .• i v > _,j, f . t / u> k * . 4.4 •.* of the y^sx.in the Labour Linos of the Sierra'Leone Dox^elcp- > • . * r » . - - *! . * t *v « r » f ' t« • * j - : • •. ' , / *. ’ < ’ .• i * - • •. r r ’ * . • • * - .• • » * * * * - / 4 . . . • 1 ^ ■. V » * . .) , t.f ■ ..* sj V,. . . • .1 J . • i / V » l - • s, ’V - 1 ’ • . ; . J merit Company at Marutinua and in the .surrounding villages* 12 h W/l ’ , cases uere notified*- In connect Lou v:ith this out-hroak a ^ , M • • • .* . >•■ ! .1 ; 4; * 'r ; \ ) g ; f • i ’ ’ • > j -• vaccination campaign ws instituted in. the' area and nearly ' •• < J \ •’* f 4 f ! • • • ■ *1 ' ■ 7 l •» < ^ , ’* • '* ' I '»<•, . * . J > .. • •. 1 - * V. •/ X * , *. « . # * t ,v -.A. 4 U *. 4 I 1 l > , 44 J, Jv * 1 » .’ 7,000 vaccinations wre performed*. ' lii April a similar hut • . ■ v■ n. \l' ' c /; v.s hjfc; ■. v smaller out-hraalc' occurred' among the labourers employed hy . , . , ' >r r »- . • . T ■ * - ‘v 7 - . .j v * i • .4 v.; i .„ y , v * •. j, .y . . v4 . - . . . .. . / t v * 4. the Sierra Leona Selection Trust and in this•case over 1,300 . k.l 4 ;0 si • c • • :. ..... ,..i- . s j.:.,ioo • f vaccinations v/ore carried out* ■ The total number of vacclna- f r : • , i • > ' ' > • N «• I • • - , , f , 1 7 ^ iA >. ; ;// 0 v ... j tions performed in sierra Leone during the year was 02,210 r •* ' ; ^ ‘ ‘ U r > r- v / - J of hhich 28,608 v/cro done in Freetown* 1J ) hev , ui.! hoi . .v e ; - a a •' av:ip'..'..; L.o (e) Canine radios hue hecn more prevalent than usual this - >.• * 'v * •' 44 1 * ‘ •* * ’ . • - ... ‘ r. year* 3 cases/notified from the protectorate* In free- .• .. ; l * . . . . ' • V . toTO 350 stray dogs vero caught and uostroyeu, ne^rx bodies a ■ .h; • ' v ' m:: i.l •• - ;; .. . . :: • were found in the .brains of thl^ee* . A Proclamation for the control of dogs In Kailaliun District was undo cn 22nd \ v . : p o a. e» i . -\.j .7j ;.L :. i;e*.•: .*.• • \u: :.■ ./ August, 1939 and repealed on 22nd hevender, 1936* One *v - • • ‘ IU. -W . .. 1 ;/• :'in.» a ■ 7 ■ human case was reported from Kaiiatiuu*-. 15 persons were • 7 • ' .h. . • ’ .: •; .. u ;. . . .;