Annual medical report / Southern Nigeria.

  • Nigeria, Southern. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: Annual medical report / Southern Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The importance of the disease is considerable, as the debilitated condition sometimes produced by it renders the sufferer more liable to other affections which may easily produce a fatal termination, as was the case at Calabar Prison towards the latter part of the year. Vaccination has been actively carried out during the year, over 76,000 more vaccinations having been performed than in 1911. These have also been attended with a higher percentage of known successes than in either of the two preceding years, as is shown in the following table. Table showing results of Vaccinations. 1910. 1911. 1912. Total Total Total Total Total Total Vaccinated. Successful. Vaccinated. Successful. Vaccinated. Successful. Western l^rovince 75,691 43,981 83,162 52,777 104,133 62,768 Central Province 12,902 6,935 35,123 22,431 65,445 53,040 Eastern Province 47,054 37,663 48,109 38,449 73,738 61,136 135,647 88,579 166,394 113,657 243,316 176,944 65'30 ^ successful. 68'30 7 successful. /o 72’72 7 successful. It is right to say that a certain percentage (although possibly a small percentage) of the returns are unreliable, as they include data from more or less illiterate native vaccinators. {h) EUROPEAN OFFICIALS. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. Table showing the Sick, Invaliding and Death Rates of European Officials. 1911. 1912. Total number of Officials resident 1,372 2,068 Average number resident 595 801-2 Total number on sick list 461 709 Total number of days on sick list 4,525 5,285 Average daily number on sick list 12-4 14-4 Percentage of sick to average number resident 7 7'4 per cent. 88-49 per cent. Average number of days on sick list for each patient... 9-8 7-4 Average sick time to each resident 7-6 6-5 Total number invalided ... 41 57 Percentage of invalidings to total residents 2-9 2‘75 percent. Total deaths 9 9 Percentage of deaths to total residents ... 0‘6 per cent. 0-43 per cent. Percentage of deaths to average number resident Number of cases of sickness contracted away from 1‘5 per cent. 1*12 per cent. residence [279333] 3