Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate.

  • East Africa Protectorate. Medical Department
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: Annual medical report / East Africa Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE KENIA AND NYANZA PROVINCES. The labour of these provinces was profoundly affected by the war, and here again it must be said that the conditions obtaining militated against a satisfactory state of matters being produced. While there was a notable increase in admissions for dysentery, malaria and small-pox, there was a distinct drop in the number of entries for enteric and venereal diseases. The comparison table of admissions and deaths for the past two years is as follows :— Admissions. Deaths. 1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. European officials ... ... ... 57 31 1 — Native officials ... ... ... 316 271 5 — European general population ... 40 32 — 1 Native general population ... ... 2,299 2,402 157 125 THE DESERT ZONE. These two Provinces were the only two untouched by the fringes of war, and show the same standard of health as in past years. The position of dysentery was very distinctly improved, due doubtless to less movement. The comparison table for admissions and deaths for the past two years is as follows :— Admissions. Deaths. 1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. European officials 24 11 — — Native officials 72 100 ~ 1 European general population 1 1 — — Native general population ... 722 877 18 15 (ii.) COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. MOSQUITO OR INSECT-BORNE. THE COAST ZONE. Malaria.—The most satisfactory feature about the position of this disease was the lower death rate, the fatal cases this year being 14 as against 17 and 22 in the two previous years. Quinine prophylaxis of the police and other African establishments probably accounted for this drop. The admissions for the three years were respectively 7,112, 5,489 and 6,185. Pyretophoriis Costalis was noted as being the common carrier at Lamu. Blackwater fever.—There were six cases during the year, wdth one death in a European. Three of the cases were amongst Goans. In 1914 there were seven admissions and three deaths, and in 1913, 11 and three respectively. Dengue.—There were 31 cases recorded at Mombasa and 29 at Malindi. Filariasis.—Five cases came under treatment during the year. THE MOUNTAINOUS ZONE. Malaria.—The comparative table shows a great increase in the number of admissions:— 1915 ... ... ... ... 5,352 1914 ... ... ... ... 3,851 1913 . 3,536 [260763] 3
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