Annual report of the Superintending Medical Officer / Jamaica.

  • Jamaica. Medical Department
Date:
[1918]
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Credit: Annual report of the Superintending Medical Officer / Jamaica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table II.—Numbers of sera examined by Widal’s test for Enteric Fever month by month, with results, 1917-18. Month. Total. Positive. Negative. Doubtful April 93 44 33 16 May 95 49 36 10 June 94 58 32 4 July 121 74 43 4 August 140 71 63 6 September 97 44 43 10 October 112 53 45 14 November 106 50 46 10 December 144 78 45 21 January 104 59 35 10 February 88 40 36 12 March 109 55 45 9 Total 1,303 675 502 126 Table HI.—Examinations of sera sent up from Kingston, with percentage results month by month and for the whole period, 1917-18. Percentage Percentage Percentage Month. Total. Positive. JSlegative. Doubtful. April 65 40.00 40.00 20.00 May 61 50.81 37.70 11.47 June 53 67.92 28.30 3.77 July 65 66.15 33.84 —• August 76 53.94 42.10 3.94 September 50 42.00 34.00 24.00 October 46 45.66 41.30 13.05 November 54 48.14 46.29 5.57 December 85 55.29 25.88 18.83 January 43 53.48 59.53 6.99 February 31 45.16 38.70 16.14 March 64 51.56 39.06 9.37 Totals .693 52.23 37.08 10.67 Table IV.—Districts from which blood has been sent for diagnosis of Enteric Fever, with results, 1917-18. District. Kingston and Hospital Positive. 362 Negative. 257 Doubtful. 74 Total. 693 Spanish Town 109 58 16 183 Buff Bay 38 63 6 107 Plantain Garden River 27 34 5 66 Morant Bay 21 13 1 35 Linstead .. 16 11 4 31 St. Andrew 18 9 3 30 Port Antonio 15 10 4 29 Lionel Town ' 12 6 4 22 Mandeville 14 4 2 20 Lucea 8 8 1 17 St. Ann’s Bay 3 6 ■ 6 15 Port Maria 5 6 1 12 Sav-la-Mar 6 2 8 Chapelton 7 , , 1 8 Annotto Bay 1 . 6 , , 7 Richmond 1 2 1 4 Grange Hill 3 1 , , 4 Falmouth 4 , , , , 4 May Pen 1 3 4 Montego Bay] 2 , , , * 2 Gayle , . 1 1 Black River 1 1 Total 674 500 129 1,303 Percentage 51.72 38.37 9.90