Report of the Principal Civil Medical Officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Report of the Principal Civil Medical Officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. Government hospitals :— (а) Number of such hospitals (б) Totals during year .. £ (c) Malarial fever (d) Blackwater fever (e) Yellow fever (/) Filarial Diseases (g) Dengue Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths 7. Government dispensaries :— (a) Number of such dispensaries (&) Total attendances during year (c) Attendances for malaria (d) Attendances for filarial diseases (e) Attendances for dengue 8. Medical Service :— (a) Number of Government medical officers (fc) Number of special health officers (c) Number of other registered medical practitioners 9. Schools:— (а) Number of Government and State-aided schools (б) Number of scholars registered in those schools (c) Average daily attendances 78 122,806 12,011 17,249 509 Nil Nil Nil Nil 12 Nil 70 Nil 423 376,144 770,738 3 37 306 6 180 2,769 296,620 196,695 10. Estates employing unindentured labour :— (а) Number of such (б) Number of unindentured labourers employed (c) Number of hospitals and dispensaries on such estates .. (d) Total deaths among such labourers .. (e) Total admissions and attendances at hospitals and dispensaries 2,335 507,189 321 19,192 133,179 11. Estimated revenue of Colony :— Total during year 12. Estimated expenditure of Colony :— (a) Total during year (b) Annual medical and sanitary expenditure (e) Upkeep of Government hospitals and dispensaries (d) Total salaries and allowances of medical officers 13. Towns under Municipalities or Local Boards :— (а) . Number of such (б) Total population (c) Total revenue . . . . ' (d) Total medical and sanitary expenditure 14. Additional information to be given on the following points :— (а) Is there any legislation in force against the breeding'] No special legislation, but in certain of mosquitoes in premises ? Numbers of notices, > towns ordinary sanitary by-laws convictions, and warnings during the year J are applied (б) Number of persons under the age of 15 examined for 96,118 enlarged spleen Where was this done ? Rs. 45,232,800 Rs. 45,112,348 Rs. 2,228,695 Rs. 1,228,291 Rs. 1,160,586 31 870,832 Rs. 4,634,224 Rs. 769,361 (c) Percentage affected Does Kala-azar exist At the various hospitals, dispensaries, and schools Spleen rate 25'74 Kala-azar exists to a very slight extent As only three persons were examined for filarial diseases, the percentage would be of no value Number of persons examined for filarial diseases Where was this done ? Percentage affected (d) Any large works for surface drainage of towns reclamation of marshes ? Approximate cost (e) Number of men employed in towns and villages fori In three or four towns small mosquito petty anti-mosquito works. Approximate cost ) brigades are employed or None (/) (sO (h) Amount of Government quinine sold or distributed 109,992 oz., costing Rs. 66,766 • 80 gratis during the year Agencies employed Is quinine distributed regularly in the schools ? Measures taken against these diseases employing unindentured labour on estates (i) Any steps taken regarding the housing of the poor? .. (?) Any exceptional increase or decrease of these diseases recently noticed ? (k) Any other remarks on the subject Chiefly through the headmen Yes, at 324 out of 731 Government schools Free quinine given and improvement in general sanitation in many estates No A slight decrease in malaria has been recently noticed in the majority of the Provinces, but this is more apparent than real Vide introductory remarks