Report of the Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Government.
- Sudan. Wizārat al-Ṣiḥḥah. Medical Services.
- Date:
- [1951]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Government. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) Black water fever has almost ceased to be a condition of significance in the Sudan. 6 cases, with two deaths, were recorded. During the six years ending 1949 the annual mean number of cases diagnosed was 9.66. (c) Relapsing fever. The diagnosed incidence of this disease was the lowest on recent record. 36 cases with 2 deaths were notified. Table XI. Relapsing fever : cases and deaths over 10 years. Year Cases Deaths 1941. 3,028 110 1942 .. 5,287 559 1943 . 10,505 668 ] 944 . 22,672 310 1 945 . 17,392 444 1946 . . 1,952 65 1947 . 568 67 1948 . 287 8 1949 . . 376 3 1950/51 . 36 2 Table XII. Relapsing fever 1950/51. Distribution in provinces. Pro^ ince Cases Deaths Blue ISilo 4 Daifur .. 10 — K assala 8 — Khartoum 10 2 Northern 3 _ U pper Nile 1 — Tot^l 36 2 (d) Leishmaniasis. There was a considerably increased incidence in the endemic focus of Kapoeta and in Singa. Treatment with Pcntostam (sodium stibogluconate) was of great value. It is not possible to connect a fall in the incidence in Kassala Province with the institution of insecticidal residual spraying.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31639021_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
