Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate.

  • East Africa Protectorate. Medical Department
Date:
[1919]
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Credit: Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (.d) GENERAL EUROPEAN POPULATION. Excepting a few missionary doctors whom Europeans can consult when ill, there were no other general practitioners apart from the Government doctor, and consequently most of those who were ill are probably shown in these returns :— In-patients. 1919 .. .. 86 1918 . . .. 109 1917 .. .. 67 Out-patients. 223 173 116 Two deaths were reported, one from dysentery and one from pneumonia. Births.—10 were registered as against 14 last year. Deaths.—4 were registered in 1919 and 3 in 1918. (■e) GENERAL NATIVE POPULATION. The admissions and deaths were considerably less than in 1918, indicating an improvement when compared with 1918, a year of drought and food shortage :— In-patients. 1919 .. .. 3,475 1918 .. .. 4,436 1917 . . . . 3,414 Out-patients. 30,170 30,937 26,413 The deaths recorded were :— 1919 1918 1917 277 628 297 The chief causes were dysentery (80), influenza (54), pneumonia (19), digestive (22), plague (35). The main causes of sickness were :—Dysentery (560), influenza (819), malaria (4,904), respiratory (3,975), digestive (4,402), injuries (9,342). Births and Deaths.—Legislation is seldom compulsory. IV.- THE DESERT ZONE. (a.) GENERAL REMARKS. Notwithstanding the difficulty in obtaining medical personnel, it was fortu¬ nately possible to maintain a small staff to, at least partially, administer to the wants of the scattered and nomadic peoples in these vast, and in places almost inaccessible, areas, besides keeping in touch with the military detachments and administrative posts where these were established. The figures, so far as statistics could be collected, showing the numbers treated for the past three years, are as follows :— Cases. Deaths. 1919. 1918. 1917. 1919. 1918. 1917. European Officials 55 36 37 Native Officials ... 26 30 35 — — _ European General Population ... 2 — 1 — — — Native General Population 2,373 1,402 2,056 7 O ( 56 50 [183939] 4a
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