Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department
Date:
[1918]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.— Personal Emoluments.— 4 Nursing Staff .... .... .... 835 Dispensers .... .... .... 450 Indian Medical Assistants .... .... 2,995 Native Attendants .... .... .... 790 Miscellaneous allowances .... .... 10 Total Personal Emoluments .... 45,080 Other Charges.— £ Medical and Surgical Stores .... .... 2,500 Upkeep and Equipment of Hospitals.... .... 900 Upkeep and Equipment of Laboratory .... 150 Miscellaneous Charges .... ... 888 Total Other Charges .... 44,438 Total Charges.— * £ Personal Emoluments .... .... .... 24,421 Other Charges .... .'... .... 10,868 Total ....”435,289 The Estimated Revenue for 1918-1919 was 4355. Section II. PUBLIC HEALTH. (A) Vital Statistics. Table IIIa, page 10, shows the deaths under 23 main headings as returned by the Native Chiefs for the five districts which send in such returns. The births and still-births for the year under review are also given in the last two columns of this table. Table IIIc shows the births and deaths during each year for the same five districts for the last six years. Table IIIb shows the estimated native population, the number of births and deaths and the rates per thousand for the Provinces or Districts from which returns are made, and the percentage of still-births to total births. These returns are not generally considered to be very accurate as regards diagnosis ; but they form the only basis on which an estimate can be made of the state of the general public health, and they may be regarded as fairly accurate as regards their totals. Much can be done to improve these returns by tours of inspection of Medical Officers in charge of districts, and proposals have been submitted to allow of this being carried out. The importance of these statistics in estimating the effect of our measures for the improvement of the public health, e.g., the Anti-Venereal Campaign, will justify the appointment in the near future of a Registrar General. These tables continue to show a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. Small-pox has caused 4,191 deaths as against 1,977 last year and has become second in point of numbers amongst the causes of death. Table IIIb shows that Bunyoro death rate per 1,000 is 39-57 and that the birth rate per 1,000 is only 14-50 and the percentage of still-births to total births is 35-12. If we compare the figures in this table with those of last year it will be seen that, with the exception of the enormous rise in the Bunyoro death rate the rate per thousand figures are approximately the same. Bunyoro and Toro continue to show the worst figures with regard to still-births. The great cause of this is syphilis. The campaign against this disease has remained in abeyance during the year owing to shortage of staff. Table IIIc which has been re-arranged this year to facilitate comparison brings out the following points. In the six years under review:— (a) The progressive and rapid decrease in the total number of births in Bunyoro. (b) A gradual increase in births in Ankole.
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