Report of the Sudan Medical Service.

  • Sudan. Medical Service.
Date:
[1944]
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Credit: Report of the Sudan Medical Service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUDAN MEDICAL SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 1944. GENERAL HEALTH. The state of public health in the Sudan remained surprisingly satisfactory considering the constant risk throughout the year of introduction of infectious disease from outside the Sudan. Although eleven imported cases of typhus were reported, only two cases were contracted in the Sudan. Despite the constant introduction of smallpox from outside the Sudan, only one small outbreak was reported which occurred in Dongola although sporadic cases occurred elsewhere. No cases of yellow fever were reported. The only epidemic disease in the Sudan which caused worry was relapsing fever which remained prevalent in the irrigated area of the Gezira and the Central Sudan where its incidence increased considerably although the total mortality did not show a corresponding increase owing to the very low case mortality. An enormous amount of additional work was thrown on the health and curative services in dealing with this disease. Light well spaced rains in the Northern Sudan and an average Nile flood level resulted in a lower incid¬ ence of malaria than usual in the Northern Sudan during the second half of the year, HEALTH OF OFFICIALS. NATIONALITY. Number of officials employed Total Average Da ys Sickness Died Inval* ided. Placed on sick lut No. of days sick For all officials For those who were sick British 765 277 2,419 3.10 8.73 1 5 Sudanese 4,020 1,292 11,820 2.94 9.15 3 20 Egyptian . 308 115 976 2.65 S. 49 I 6 The comparative figures for the,last six years are as follows:— 1939 1 940 1941 1 912 1943 1944 British Days sickness 1 .95 3.21 4 .27 4.39 3.03 3.16 Died 1 3 4 6 3 1 Invalided 4 5 5 3 1 5 Sudanese Days sickness 1 .88 1 .95 1 .37 3 .06 3.63 2.94 Ded / 5 7 I 5 3 Invalided 13 20 10 23 21 20 Egyptian Days sickness 1 .73 1 .82 1 .79 2 .66 2.55 2.65 Died 5 3 * •> 1