Annual medical report / Colony and Protectorate of Kenya.

  • Kenya. Medical Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual medical report / Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dr. G. F. Cobb, to be Resident Physician, Mathari Mental Hospital, with effect from the 29th May, 1937. Resignations— Nursing Sisters ... ... ... ... 6 Retirements— Lady Medical Officer . I Invalidings— Senior Medical Officer . 1 A ppointments Terminated— Wardmaster Sub-Assistant Surgeons District Surgeons Visiting Physician, Mathari Nursing Sister T ransfers— Sub-Assistant Surgeon, to Tanganyika Territory 1 Legislation Apart from an amendment of the Medical Practitioners’ and Dentists’ Ordinance, defining the practise of dentistry, no ordinances primarily affecting the public health were enacted during the year. Financial The total of the sanctioned estimates for the Medical Department for the year 1937 was £210,448, an increase of £13,386 on the previous year, and the actual expenditure during the year amounted to £213,758. The comparative table of the sanctioned estimates and expenditure ol the Medical Department for the past three years is as follows: — Year Sanctioned Estimates Sanctioned Extraordinary Estimates Total Sanctioned Actual Recurrent Expenditure Actual Extraordinary Expenditure £ £ £ £ £ 1935 199,817 750 200,567 203,451 1,250 1936 195,562 1,500 197,062 196,368 682 1937 207,353 3,095 210,448 209,839 3,919 The revenue collected amounted to £23,013 against £23,392 in 1936. Of the total estimated expenditure in 1937 of £3,437,298 for the Colony and Protectorate £210,448 represented expenditure on Public Health and Medical Relief, a ratio of 1 to 16.33 or 6.12 per cent. Detailed returns of the revenue and expenditure are given in Table II at the end of the report. . I .4 . 2 Mental Hospital 1 . 1