Report on the Medical and Sanitary Departments / Government of the Gold Coast.

  • Gold Coast. Medical Department
Date:
[1943]
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Credit: Report on the Medical and Sanitary Departments / Government of the Gold Coast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RETURN A—contd. Return of Diseases and Deaths (In-patients) and Diseases (Out-patients) for the Year 1943—contd. In-patients Out-patients Diseases Remaining ] in hospital on 31st Dec. 1942 Yearly Total Remaining in hospital on 31st Admissions Deaths Total cases treated Males Females Males Females Males Females Dec. 1943 Brought forward, 1,733 1 8,888 2,980 866 307 13,601 1,565 148,193 101,050 48. Diseases of the circulatory system :— (a) Heart diseases ... 9 236 85 96 24 330 16 446 224 (b) Other circulatory diseases 8 47 25 9 4 80 1 , 648 305 49. Bronchitis 14 246 89 8 6 349 10 11,960 7,639 50. Pneumonia :— (a) Broncho-pneumonia 5 172 122 59 26 299 5 273 172 (b) Lobar-pneumonia 12 459 126 77 24 597 10 306 122 (c) Otherwise defined 4 306 69 39 16 379 18 338 177 51. Other diseases of the respiratory 2,880 1,358 system 21 296 110 15 5 427 19 52. Diarrhoea and enteritis :— 1,339 (a) Under 2 years of age ... 2 47 34 4 6 83 3 1,656 (b) Over 2 years of age 5 381 111 40 7 497 4 2,429 1,302 53. Appendicitis 3 50 19 5 1 72 1 62 18 54. Hernia, intestinal obstruction 29 670 32 47 ‘ 8 731 46 853 54 55. Cirrhosis of the liver ... 3 55 13 34 1 71 7 57 14 56. Other diseases of the liver and biliary passages 3 185 46 35 9 234 6 359 239 57. Other diseases of the digestive system 33 580 234 37 20 847 25 17,538 7,589 58. Nephritis (all forms) :— 173 74 (a) Acute 3 46 27 10 10 76 2 (b) Chronic ... 59. Other non-venereal diseases of the 8 188 45 48 18 241 10 263 • 206 genito urinary system 35 818 434 33 11 1,287 71 1,931 3,733 60. Pregnanes, child-birth, and the puer¬ peral stat (including normal labour 61,869 and mater ial welfare) 64 — 2,570 — 100 2,634 75 (a) Abortion 5 — 444 — 16 449 9 > 410 (61 Ectopic gestation 1 — 39 — 7 40 2 — 11 L) Toxaemias of pregnancy — — 56 — 6 56 — 56 (if) Other conditions of the puer- peral state 61. Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue. 7 i — 377 — 39 384 14 632 bones and organs of locomotion ... 351 4,045 988 116 41 5,384 247 42,809 19,446 62 Con genital malformations and diseases of early infancy (including infant • 1,426 welfare) 11 50 43 9 14 104 3 1,438 (a) Congenital debility (children 209 under 1 year) ... 2 15 19 5 6 36 — 198 (b) Premature birth (children under 1 year) ... 4 36 43 19 19 83 2 74 84 (c) Injury at birth (children under 1 year) ... 1 6 13 2 3 20 — 23 43 63. Senility 16 20 5 9 4 41 8 53 45 64. External causes :— (a) Suicide ... 1 1 — 1 2 — 10 1 (b) Other forms of violence 127 1,782 400 99 28 2,309 145 8,838 2,123 65. Ill-defined 35 764 331 i6 , 12 1,130 30 3,947 ' 1,857 Total . 2,555 20,389 9,929 1,738 798 32,873 2,354 247,754 j 213,828 G .P.D. /W. 1187/6/44