Annual medical & sanitary report / Cyprus.

  • Cyprus. Medical Department.
Date:
[1941]
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Credit: Annual medical & sanitary report / Cyprus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Venereal diseases. The following tables set out in brief the work done in venereal diseases clinics throughout the Island :— Attendances. Nicosia Larnaca .. Limassol .. Famagusta Paphos 1941. 1940. 55,648 .. 31,051 11,337 .. 8,995 45,102 .. 28,375 24,547 .. 6,130 4,933 .. 3,106 Total. 141,567 .. 77,657 The increase in attendances during the year under review as compared with 1940 was due to the intensive work of treatment and prophylaxis being carried out in all venereal diseases clinics with local prostitutes. It is satisfactory that these women attended daily and so are carrying out their treatment to finality. A good many of them are being entirely cleared of venereal disease. New cases. Out of 4,486 civilian patients attending all venereal diseases clinics during the year 1941, 2,853 were new patients (1,750 male and 1,103 female). • Nicosia Larnaca Limassol Famagusta Paphos Total (a) Male : — — — — — Gonorrhoea only 161 .. 35 .. 86 .. 56 .. 25 .. 363 Syphilis only 135 .. 12 .. 35 .. 18 .. 7 .. 207 Gonorrhoea & syphilis 5 .. 3 .. — 2 .. 1 .. . 11 Other venereal diseases 375 .. 41 .. 122 .. 73 .. 3 .. 614 Non-venereal diseases 178 .. 37 .. 66 .. 36 .. 10 .. 327 Skin diseases 204 . . - . . 1 .. 11 .. - . . 216 Examination not completed 2 6 .. 2 .. 2 .. — 12 Total 1,060 .. 134 .. 312 .. 198 .. 46 .. 1,750 (b) Female : Gonorrhoea only 200 .. 25 .. 78 .. 59 .. 23 .. 385 Syphilis only 54 .. 5 .. 11 .. 21 .. 1 .. 92 Gonorrhoea & syphilis 44 .. 4 .. 20 .. 28 .. 3 .. 99 Other venereal diseases 17 .. 2 .. 6 .. 5 .. — 30 Non-venereal diseases 114 .. 26 .. 37 .. 30 .. 23 .. 230 Skin diseases 255 .. - . . - . . — 6 .. 261 Examination not completed 2 1 .. o 1 .. — 6 Total .. . • 686 .. 63 .. 154 .. 144 . . 56 .. 1,103 Total (a) & (h) 1,746 .. 197 .. 466 .. 342 .. 102 .. 2,853 Typhoid. 820 cases of this disease were reported as compared with 983 in 1940. Considerable work of prevention was carried out in conjunction with the evacuation scheme in villages which tended to become crowded. This resulted in a new type of latrine slab being put into use, which constitutes an advance of outstanding importance in public health work in Cyprus. It is a marmara latrine slab which can be supplied from various quarries at a fraction of the cost of a concrete slab. 1,905 of these were sold at a small price, distributed and utilized in the construction of pit latrines. 15,260 persons were protected by immunization utilizing T.A.B. vaccine, 18,194 others receiving 1 injection only. As a result of this work, which still continues, it is considered that the incidence of enteric fever and allied diseases will be steadily reduced year by year. Other infectious diseases. No cases of small-pox, cholera or plague occurred. Bacillary dysentery.—The total number of cases reported during 1941 was 134 as compared with 80 cases in 1940. Diphtheria.—This disease did not appear in epidemic form, but 343 cases were notified against 100 in 1940. These figures appear alarming, but it should be noted that military cases are included, the total being made up of 93 civilian and 250 military cases. Diphtheria anti-toxin was increasingly difficult to obtain, and a day arrived when island stocks were exhausted. On that day however a case containing 5,000,000 units of anti-toxin was delivered to Cyprus by air having been given free of charge by the Cairo Branch of the American Red Cross. Whooping cough.—The number of cases notified was 15 as compared with 9 in 1940. (c) Helminthic diseases. Cestoda (Taenia) .. .. 60 cases. Ascaris .. .. . . 175 „ Oxyuris . . .. . . 764 ,, (c) VITAL STATISTICS. Return of births and deaths in the six districts. (Including the six principal towns.) District (For the year ended 31st December, 1941.) Estimated population on 30th June, 1941 Births Deaths Infantile mortality per 1,000 births No. of births • Rate per 1,000 No. of deaths Rate per 1,000 Nicosia 126,519 3,473 27.4 1,637 12.9 107.6 Larnaca 49,617 1,262 25.4 588 11.8 107.7 Limassol 61,404 1,884 30.6 842 13.7 108.2 Famagusta . . 79,319 2,476 31.2 984 12.4 91.6 Paphos 45,234 1,521 33.6 406 8.9 119.0 Kyrenia . 23,718 786 33.1 334 14.0 133.5 Total .. 385,811 11,402 29.5 4,791 12.4 107.6