Annual report of the Superintending Medical Officer / Jamaica.

  • Jamaica. Medical Department
Date:
[1916]
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Credit: Annual report of the Superintending Medical Officer / Jamaica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Average longevity of the Disease in those TABLE No. VIII.—Birthplace of deceased, who died. 1915-1916. Anaesthetic Males. Birthplace. Male. Female. Total. 12 1-7 years. Kingston 3 3 2 Females U 18 Trelawny 2 - Clarendon 2 I T. Tubercular Males. , 62-3 St. Catherine I 0 I St. Ann I ] Females 5 2-3 St. James I I Mixed Manchester I I 2 Males 30 years (one case) St Mary I I St. Andrew I I General Death rate lO . 8 per 100. India I I II 5 16 Table No. IX. Chief Inter-current Diseases treated during 1915-1916. Disease. F( irm of Lepros >y- Other Diseases. Tc )tal. Grand Total. Tuber cular. Anaesthetic. } Leprosy. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. General Disease— Mai. Feb. Syphilis 50 45 35 18 6 8 91 71 162 Dysentery 2 2 Tuberculosis 16 25 12 20 28 45 73 Diseases of the Nervous Sys- 2 3 2 3 5 tern— Conjunctivitis 60 75 50 20 no 95 205 Iritis 45 50 35 40 80 90 170 Diseases of the Nose— Rhinitis 60 36 52 28 ... 112 64 176 Diseases of the Digestive System— Diarrhoea 82 79 59 89 141 168 309 Indigestion 120 98 120 103 240 201 441 Constipation 100 96 82 93 ... 182 189 371 Urinary System— Nephritis 18 9 9 6 ... 27 15 1 42 Skin— 1 Ulcers 150 130 76 102 226 232 00