Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria.

  • Nigeria. Medical Department.
Date:
[1921]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Invalidings and Deaths—Native Officials— Nigeria—continued. Diseases. 1919. 1920. 1921. Invalided. i Died. Invalided. Died. Invalided. Died. Urinary System:— Acute Nephritis. • * * • 2 1 Chronic Nephritis . 5 . • • ... 1 1 Cystitis 1 * * Generative System:— Urethral Fistulse. 2 « • • 1 • • • ... ... Syphilis . • . . • • • • * # • • • 1 • • • * Locomotion :— Rheumatoid Arthritis. ... ... ... • • • 1 ... Injuries:— General • • • ... 1 • • • ... ... Local—Fracture Skull. ... i • • • • * * * * * Tumours Cancer Tongue . ... . • • 1 ... Cancer Uteri . ... ... ... 1 • * * Parasites Filariasis. ... 1 ... ... Total. 32 7 20 10 OK -U 19 Soldiers—Nigeria Regiments—W.A.F.F. Average Strength . Sick Rate per 1,000 . Death Rate per 1,000 . 1919. 1920. 1921. 5,272 838*0 0*8 4019 804*03 18*3 3,885*35 442*47 9 Police Force. 1919. 1920. 1921. Northern Provinces. Average Strength . 804 993 1,088 Sick Rate per 1,000 . 039*3 534 20*3 Death Rate per 1,000 . 18*05 11*07 9*1 Southern Provinces and Colony. Average Strength . 1,448 1,555 1,074 Sick Rate per 1,000 . 33*43 05*85 31*47 Death Rate per 1,000 . 9*00 0*4 8*49