Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate.

  • Zanzibar. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Eye diseases met with include Xerophthalmia due to avitaminosis and trachoma which is much more common among Arab than African children. Heart Disease is not common and in most cases is secondary to anaemia. Occasional cases of Bronchitis were met with, but no case of important lung disease was seen. Routine examination of the Zanzibar and Pemba girls' schools was carried out during the year. In Pemba the health of the school children showed no change from previous years. The Wete boys’ school was remarkable for its standard of cleanliness. (g) Measures Taken to Spread the Knowledge of Hygiene and Sanitation. Measures against disease in general in the rural districts were restricted by withdrawal of staff on the outbreak of war. Towards the end of 1940 propaganda was started and a short talk on Helminthic Diseases was given by the Information Bureau, this will be followed up by talks on other diseases prevalent in the country, and later by talks on general health, diet and proper living. Village health boards continue their work under the guidance of visiting Sanitary Inspectors. SECTION VI. PORT HEALTH WORK AND ADMINISTRATION. During the year two hundred and eighty-eight ships and nine hundred and two dhows arrived in Zanzibar as compared with five hundred and twenty-five ships and two thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven dhows in 1939. These ships carried nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-six immigrants and eleven thousand nine hundred and thirteen emigrants. Two hundred and thirteen aeroplanes arrived and two hundred and thirteen left. These aeroplanes carried seventy-three immigrants and sixty emigrants. One motor vessel was claytonized and a deratization certificate issued, and one steamship was issued with a deratization exemption certificate after inspection. In December a ship arrived with cases of measles, and as a precautionary measure the passengers who were contacts were removed to Quarantine Island. These cases were from a contingent of the Army and were isolated in order to prevent the spread of the disease amongst the forces. Two thousand six hundred and three persons embarking on ships were vaccinated, and three thousand seven hundred and seventy persons disembarking were vaccinated before landing. Quarantine Island. Certain structural repairs were carried out in the bungalows, disinfection room and store. The station was occupied in December by suspected passengers during their quarantine period.