Annual report of the Medical Department of the Western Region of Nigeria.

  • Western Nigeria (Nigeria). Medical Department.
Date:
[1957]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department of the Western Region of Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Area Ondo Owo Division Ondo Division Ekiti Division Total Treatment Centres Patients on Treatment Dec. 1956 Dec. 1957 Dec. 1956 Dec. 1957 10 11 539 923 # 2 1 # 354 5 10 14 539 1,282 #Akure Segregation Village, about 300 patients, was taken over during the year and this exaggerates the increase during the year. Other areas have no comparable figures for last year. It is of interest to note the slight declines in the figures for Afenmai Division and Kwale Division. These are the two areas in which full co-operation of the local people has been available for many years. Comparable figures are not available for other areas. Regional Leprosy Statistics at December 1957 Ossiomo Settlement Benin Area Delta Area Ondo Area Ijebu Area Abeokuta Area Ibadan Area Central Area Ogbomosho Area... Total ... Ill 8,931 1,774 604 43 3,027 * Figure not available. X.—-MENTAL HEALTH Aro Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases is approaching completion and it is possible that most of the wards will be handed over in 1958. The electrical contractors have not quite completed their work, the laundry equipment is still in process of installa¬ tion and the kitchen has no equipment installed. A good deal of work has yet to be done to complete the wards and bring them up to standard. The hospital is not functioning as such yet. Part of the Junior Service quarters are in use as an out¬ patient clinic and dispensary, and a shed near the outpatient clinic is used as an occupational therapy centre for outpatients. Two neighbouring villages are used to house psychiatric patients and their relatives during treatment at the outpatient clinic. In Aro village, one hut is used as a nursing centre where nurses carry out observation and treatment of the patients domiciled in the village. The existing treatment facilities in the Region are meagre and are as follows: Aro outpatient clinic, most types of psychosis and neurosis are treated here. Tranquilising drugs, stimulating drugs, sedatives, electro-convulsive therapy and occupational therapy are employed. Psychotherapy is also used. Many of the 32 Treat¬ ment Centres Patients on treatment New Admissions during year Discharged Segregation symptom Villages Patients free (including segregated during year Settlements) 1 663] 1 585 43 2,933 y 1,325 578 17 880 26 2,299J 11 635 14 1,285 429 20 1 # 2 175 # — -7 3 122 # 2 * 1 27 20 6 —— — 1 * # # 1 6 20 1,427 * 10 921