Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table YII—contd. Diseases. Total Cases. Deaths. Local Diseases—contd. Brought forward 72,757 531 Diseases of the Skin—contd. Scabies 4,941 Acne 15 — Prickly Heat 41 — Ulcers 6,699 1 Others 236 2 Injuries—General 83 20 Local 10,983 27 Tumours 53 1 Malformations 3 — Poisons 46 — Snake Bite ... 19 — Parasites—Animal— Bilharzia 21 — Trematodo (Flukes) 2 2 Cestoda— Taenia Solium 53 Taenia Saginata 47 — Nematoda— Ascaris 674 — Dracunculus 332 — Filariasis 20 1 Ankylostomiasis ... ... ... 85 3 Oxyuris 7 — Others 6 Insecta— Myiasis 3 — Jiggers 173 — Others 9 — Total 97,308 588 Total Surgical Operations 1,6 58 TABLE A. The following table shows, by stations, the total number of cases treated, with deaths, at Government Hospitals and Dispensaries, during the years 1922,1921 and 1920:— Station. 1922. 1921. 1920. Total Cases. Total Deaths. Total Cases. Total Deaths. Total Cases. Total Deaths. Arua 2,438 22 3,689 15 4,081 8 Bombo—Civil 5,126 13 > 18 f 2,201 16 Military 1,958 1 ] l 1,326 2 Butiaba 2,379 4 2,020 10 857 . . . Entebbe—European ... 59 5 198 ... 111 1 Civil 5,743 27 5,823 81 4,524 18 Eort Portal 7,557 ., 4 5,793 2 . . . Gulu 4,385 31 4,204 20 3,423 26 Hoima 2,388 17 2,619 9 1,165 2 Jinja—European 22 ... 224 4 24 1 Civil 6,545 49 5,400 127 4,978 152 Kabale 5,260 23 1,075 3 . . . Kampala—European ... 156 1 ... Civil 14,613 86 15,061 145 11.072 330 Police 1,497 ' I 3,671 7 •l 679 s Gaol 3.467 10 j Kitgum 6,085 11 4,002 3 ... Lira 3,767 57 3,1 18 86 2,812 23 Masaka 4.616 • 16 5,016 28 5.608 19 Masindi 3,889 19 4,701 33 5,287 21 Mbale 3,895 134 4,489 81 3,882 71 Mbarara ... 4,237 14 4,327 19 4,533 12 Mubendi ... 4,077 * 13 4,024 7 ... Namasagali 1,288 4 1,884 3 1,486 2 Soroti ... ... ... ... 1,861 26 2,203 25 2,356 30 Totals 97,308 588 90,466 726 62,405 742 In addition to the above the following cases were treated at County Dispensaries, etc. :— County Dispensaries, Eastern Province ... ... ... 3,814 do Western Province ... ... ... 7,415 Labour Camps ... ... ... ... ... 4,951 Moroto—Karamoja ... ... ... ... ... 1,532 Military Outposts in Dodinga and Karamoja ... ... ... 1,640 Total ... 19,352