Annual medical report on the health and sanitary condition of the Nyasaland Protectorate for the year ended 31st December, 1916.

  • Nyasaland. Medical and Sanitary Services
Date:
[1916]
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Credit: Annual medical report on the health and sanitary condition of the Nyasaland Protectorate for the year ended 31st December, 1916. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nature of Water Supply. 1914 1915 1916 Nature of tanks — Wood Iron 1 — 1 Concrete ... — — — Barrels :— Number Number mosquito-protected — — — 13. Drainage. Nature of Drainage. Public. Private. Masonry drains :— Lineal yards of masonry drains :— 1914 . 45 Nil 1915 . 64 )) 1916 . 479 )> Lineal yards reconstructed during the year :— 1914 . 10 )) 1915 . . 20 )) 1916 . — >.? Lineal yards repaired during the year :— 19] 4 . — )) 1915 ... .' ... 20 * 1916 . — )) Lineal yards of new drains constructed during the year :— 1914 . — )) 1915 . 20 j) 1916 . 414 Earth drains or ditches :— Number of linear yards of ditches cleaned :— 1914 . 55 1915 . 400 )) 1916 . . 400 )) Number of linear yards of ditches dug and graded :— ... 1914 . . 50 )) 1915 . 100 )) 1916 . 100 )) Average frequency of clearing ditches of grass :— 1914 . . ... Twice yearly. 1915 . •n 1916 . 14. Clarance op Undergrowth, Long Grass, and Jungle. f 1914 1915 1916 Number of square yards of weeds, grass, and vegetation cut and removed Average frequency of clearance of rank vegetation on same area ... Total Twice area of Total area once S00 acres twice. township Twice