Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Comparative Table, Mulago and Centres. 1921 1922 1923 1924 Total Sub-dispensaries , ... 1 4 5 9 1. New Cases 3,418 5,346 8,327 39,663 2. Attendances 36,011 113,158 241.091 406,759 3. In-patients ... 415 1,174 2,585 3,604 4. Aggregate I.P. days 11,961 43,841 49,425 82,375 5. Operations ... ... . . 31 169 549 1,152 6. Serum Tests 2,508 3,159 5,763 11,569 7. Other Lab. Tests 384 62 1,518 3,436 Total Attendances at Mulago only by Sexes. Male Female Total Primary Syphilis 3,456 818 4,274 Secondary Syphilis 5,375 4,588 9,963 Tertiary Syphilis 16,878 14,040 30,918 Congenital Syphilis 3,517 3,423 6,940 Gonorrhoea 18,305 1,448 20,253 Soft Sores 513 157 670 Yaws, other Venereal Diseases and Observations 6,379 2,571 9,450 Non-venereal Diseases 12,378 4,832 17,480 Grand Total ... ... 99,948 DR. H. B. OWEN’S REPORT ON THE EYE CLINIC FOR 1924. The clinic is open on Wednesday mornings, and operations are performed on Saturday mornings. * 619 new cases presented themselves, the total attendances aggregating 2,053. The following table shows the incidence of the different conditions noted. It must be remembered that following the primary condition other structures frequently become secondarily involved. The primary condition only is noted in the table below :— A. External to the Eye.— Contusion Orbital Cellulitis ... B. Of the Eye itself.— (1) Lids.— Hordeoleum Chalazion Oedema Trichiasis (2) Lacryrnal apparatus.— Dacryocystitis (8) Conjunctiva.—* * Conjunctivitis—Simple do Phlyctenular do Gonococcal Trachoma (4) Cornea.— Foreign bodies Corneal injuries Pterygium Corneal ulcers and results thereof Interstitial Keratitis ... Keratitis profunda (5) Sclera.—* Episcleral cysts 4 4 2 2 5 (possibly a manifestation of angione¬ urotic oedema). 3 (not associated with trachoma). 8 156 8 6 221 6 2 9 (very common, but only noted when complained of). 31 4 1 1