Medical report / British Honduras.

  • British Honduras. Medical Department
Date:
[1951]
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Credit: Medical report / British Honduras. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    List of Surgical Operations performed in the Belize Hospital is as follows:— Appendicectomy .. .. .. .. .. 117 Intestinal Obstruction. 1 Other abdominal operations. 19 Herniorrhaphy .. .. .. ... .. .. 94 Hysterectomy (total and sub-total). 48 Caesarian Section .. .. .. .. .. 1 Ectopic Gestation . 16 Genito-urinary Operation . 25 Cataracts . 9 Other Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Operations .. 16 Amputations. 13 Fractures . .. 9 Minor Operations . 576 Miscellaneous. 20 Total .. .. 964 Out-Patient Department : There was a total of 61,294 attendances at the six out-patient’s departments as follows:— Belize. 40,713 Corozal. 4,276 Orange Walk. 3,815 Cayo . 5,474 Stann Creek. 5,894 Toledo. 1,122 Tables showing morbidity returns in respect of the hospitals and out-patient departments are shown in Appendices 7 and 8 respectively. Dental Clinics: Two clinics held weekly at Belize Hospital with total attendance of 2,367 as against 2,217 in 1950. Visits were paid by a Dental Surgeon to rural districts. Laboratory: A total of 12,098 examinations were made, classified as follows:— 1. Haematology— No. of Full Blood Counts 242 No. of Single Haemoglobin Tests .. 648 No. of White Cell Counts with differential 81 No. of E.S.R. (Cutler) . 37 No. of Coagulation Time 1 No. of Blood Grouping . 29 Total Haematology 2. Biochemistry— No. of Blood Sugar. 11 No. of Blood Urea. 19 No. of Spinal Fluids 6 No. of Renal Function Tests — No. of Fractional Test Meals 7 Total Biochemistry 3. Serology— No. of Kahn Tests 3,938 No. of Kahn Tests Positive 532 Percentage of Positives 13.51% No. of Widal Tests 170 No. of Widal Tests Positive 59 Percentage of Positives 34.72% Total Serology. 4. Blood Parasites— No. of Blood Smears for Malaria .. No. of Positives 155 Percentage of Positives 8.91% No. containing P. Falciparum 116 1,038 38 4,108 1,740
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