Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    increase over the 1938 figure which was the lowest yet recorded in these reports, while that for Asians, although considerably higher than the European rate, is the lowest since 1929. It still appears that the higher standard of housing and nutrition which prevails amongst Europeans is a considerable contributory factor in the different rates of incidence in the two communities. The incidence by provinces (Africans excluded) for the last two years has been as follows: — Buganda Province. Eastern Province. Western Province. Year. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. 1938 .. 47 8 82 20 20* 6* 1939 . . 45 11 73 19 43 9 ^Including Northern Province figures for 1938. The following table gives the incidence in the combined European and Asian populations of each province: — Buganda Province. Eastern Province. Western Province. 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 Population: European and Asian Incidence per 1,000 population. . 8,648 5*4 9,732 4-62 7,552 10-8 8,476 8*6 3,170* 12-3 3,215 13*4 *Including Northern Province figures for ] 938. The case incidence in age groups was: — Age. * Cases. Deaths. 0—5 5 1 6—10 18 0 11—15 5 1 16—20 30 5 21—30 64 21 31—40 26 7 41—50 6 1 51—60 6 2 61—70 1 1 Case Incidence, Mortality and Fatality Rates: — \ Year. Race. Yearly average Population. Cases of Blackwater Fever. Case Incidence per 1,000 Population. Mortality Rate per 1,000 population. Percentage Case Fatality Rate. 1938 .. European 2,111 5 2-3 .. Asian 17,256 144 8*3 1*8 21-53 Totals .. 19,367 149 7*7 2P53 20-80 1939 .. European 2,282 9 3-9 Asian 19,141 152 7-9 2-03 25-7 Totals .. 21,423 161 7*5 1-8 24-2