Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius.

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r f V • C Remaining in Hospital at end of 1926 Yearly Total ; Total Remaining in Hospital a t end of 1927 Diseases Admissions Deaths j cases | treated Brought forward 210 8,072 1 OOO OOO 8,282 137 66. Alcoholism 16 16 67. Chronic poisoning by mineral substances (lead mercury, &c.) • • • 1 ... 1 68. Chronic poisoning by organic substances (Morphia, Cocaine, &c.) • • « ... ... ... • • • 69. Other General Diseases— Auto-intoxication • « • ... • • • Purpura Hmmorhagica ... 1 ... 1 »• * Haemophilia ... 18 1 18 4 • . Diabetes Insipidus 2 3 ... 5 ... Gout • • • 1 • • • 1 • • • III.—Affections of the Nervous System and organs of the senses 70; Encephalitis (not including Encephalitis Lethargica • • « 11 • • • 11 • • • 71; Meningitis (not including Tuberculus Meningitis or Cerebrospinal Meningitis) ... •«• 11 7 11 • • • 72; Locomotor Ataxia • • • 1 1 ] • • • 73; Other affections of the Spinal Cord • • • 2 1 2 • • • 74; Apoplexy— (a) Haemorrhage 1 28 14 29 • • (b) Embolism • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (c) Thrombosis • • • .. ... ... ,* • • 75. Paralysis— (a) Hemiplegia • • • 45 2 45 • • • (b) Other Paralysis • • • 26 • • • 26 • • • 7 6.- General Paralysis of the Insane *.. *. 9 2 9 • • • 77. Other forms of Mental Alienation • • • 22 1 22 • • • 78. Epilepsy 1 50 2 51 2 79. Eclampsia, Convulsions (non-puerperal) 2 5 years or over • • • 2 • • • • • • 80. Infantile Convulsions • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • 81. Chorea ... 1 3 • • • 4 • • • 82. A.—Hysteria • • • 5 • • • 5 • • • B.—Neuritis 3 37 ... 40 «• • C.—N eurasthenia • • • 11 . 5 . 11 1 83. Cerebral Softening ...| • • • 18 • • • 18 • • • 84. Other affections of the nervous System, such as Paralysis Agitans • 23 2 23 • • 85. Affections of the Organs of Vision— (a) Diseases of the Eye 1 29 • • • 30 • • • (b) Conjunctivitis ... 2 104 • • • 106 3 (c) Trachoma • • • 1 • • . I 1 • • • (d) Tumours of the Eye • • • • • • • • • • • • (e) Other affections of the Eye ... 3 325 ... 328 3 86. Affections of the Ear or Mastoid Sinus o O 94 1 97 • • • IV.—Affections of the Circulatory System 87. Pericarditis 4 ... 4 • • * 88. Acute Endocarditis or Myocarditis ... • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • 89. Angina Pectoris .. • •. 1 . . . 1 ... 90. Other Diseases of the Heart— (a) Vulvular— Mitral 2 130 23 132 6 Aortic • * • 7 1 7 . . . Tricuspid • . . • • • .. . • • • •• Pulmonary . . . • • • ... it* ... (b) Myocarditis ... 7 ! 4 7 ...