An outbreak of syphilis in a virgin soil : notes on syphilis in the Uganda Protectorate / by F.J. Lambkin.

  • Lambkin, F. J.
Date:
1908
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Credit: An outbreak of syphilis in a virgin soil : notes on syphilis in the Uganda Protectorate / by F.J. Lambkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) The doing away with the custom of isolation as regards syphilitics, which had hitherto been in vogue among the tribes. 5. That syphilis was spread mostly by Swahili and East Indian native traders from the coast, and to a lesser extent by members of the Bahima tribe. 6. That the disease has spread and continues to do so through- out the land. 7. That its incidence varies in different places, being placed as high as 90 per cent, in certain districts, the inhabitants of which it threatens to destroy. 8. That syphilis is the chief cause of the high infant mortality, as is seen from the rough figures showing the deaths from ‘ Munyo ’, by which name the native knows infantile syphilis. 9. There is every reason to think that sjrphihs is the chief cause of miscarriage and abortion among the native women. 10. There is at least strong presumptive evidence that a practice exists in some of the districts of deliberate S3rphilitic vaccination. 11. With regard to prevention and treatment it was recom- mended :— {a) That the present state of civilization in the country does not permit of any legislative preventive measures. (b) That for the present reliance must be placed upon the better and more thorough treatment of the disease. 12. For this purpose it is recommended that:— (а) ‘ Treatment Rooms ’ should be established, and be so situated as regards distance as to be within reason- able reach of all patients. Syphilitic patients could then attend on one day a fortnight, or oftener as the case may be, for treatment. * (б) Each treatment room to have a resident medical subordinate (Indian native) in charge, and to be visited regularly on one day a week by a medical officer. STPHILIS n A a