Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria.

  • Nigeria. Medical Department.
Date:
[1924]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    Table Showing Sick, Invaliding and Death Rates, African Officials. 1922. 1923. 1924. Total number resident. 2,928 3,050 3,195 Average number resident . 2,706 2,936 3,104 Total number on sick list . 3,661 2,525 3,536 Total number of days on sick list. 26,153 19,454 25,680 A verage daily sick . 71-65 53-3 70-36 Percentage of daily sick to average number resident ... 2-64 1-8 2-2 Average number of days to each patient. 7-14 7-7 7-3 Average sick time to each resident . 9*16 6-6 8-03 Total number invalided . 24 36 13 Percentage of invalided to number resident . •82 1-18 •40 Percentage of invalided to average number resident •88 1-23 •419 Total deaths .. . 26 13 11 Percentage of deaths to number resident. •88 •426 •344 Percentage of deaths to average number resident •96 •44 •354 Soldiers—Nigeria Regiment--W.A.P.F. 1922. 1923. 1924. Average Strength . Sick Rate per 1,000 . Death Rate per 1,000 ... 3,461 51-5 4-91 3,355-68 134-9 6-56 3,398 1,055-61 6-54 Police Force. 1922. 1923. 1924. Northern Provinces. Average Strength . Sick Rate per 1,000 . Death Rate per 1,000 . 1,182 43-5 5-92 1,232 415 12-17 1,2.35 477- 18-62 Southern Provinces and Colony. Average Strength . Sick Rate per 1,000 . Death Rate per 1,000 . 1,646 58-76 8-31 1,641 75-55 7-79 1 1,828 72-28 10-6