Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius.

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department
Date:
[1937]
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    DISPENSARY RETURNS. 54. The dispensaries and the hospital out-patient departments were consulted by male patients 149,166 times and by female patients 137,409 times ; total 286,575. The number of new cases amounted during the year to 211,244. In 1936, 208,439 were recorded. The figures for the new cases should be taken with considerable reserve as they probably include a number of attendances of the same patient. A new Dispensary was opened at Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in January, 1937. PRISON HYGIENE. 55. The general hygiene in the prisons has been maintained at its usual satisfactory standard. METEOROLOGY. 56. The Director of the Observatory has kindly furnished the following table. Meteorological Return for the Year 1937. From the Records of the Royal Al]red Observatory 178 Ft. above Sea Level. Month 1937 Mean of Grass Minimum X Mean Maximum X Mean Minimum X Mean Range X Mean X Mean Relative Humidity % Rainfall ins. Mean Vv ind Velocity m.p.s J anuary ... 21.4 28.8 22.7 6.1 25.4 81.0 10.12 3.65 February ... 22.1 30.0 23.7 6.3 26.5 81.6 5.09 2.33 March ... 22.3 28.8 23.0 5.8 25.6 82.8 9.14 3.15 April ... 19.7 28.1 21.3 6.8 24.3 77.9 2.63 2.74 May ... 18.8 25.9 20.3 5.6 22.8 79.3 11.67 3.64 June ... 14.6 24.4 16.6 7.8 20.3 77.5 1.06 2.78 July ... 14.8 24.1 16.7 7.4 20.1 77.3 2.94 3.28 August ... 14.7 23.9 16.4 7.5 19.8 74.9 2.96 4.04 September 16.1 25.3 18.1 7.2 21.2 75.6 1.83 3.52 October ... 15.7 26.6 18.3 8.3 22.1 73.1 2.14 3.51 November 18.0 28.4 20.5 7.9 24.0 73.6 3.62 3.16 December ... 18.7 29.9 21.5 8.4 25.3 71.2 1.60 2.84 Year ... 18.1 27.0 19.9 7.1 23.1 77.2 54.80 3.22 Maximum Shade Temperature = 34.3°C. on December 30th. Minimum Shade Temperature = 11.6°C. on July 25th. Maximum Hourly Wind Velocity = 11.0 m.p.s. on January 13th. Maximum Rainfall in 24 hours = 6.16 ins. ending 16h. on May 27th. GENERAL. 57. River Reserves Board.—Two meetings were held and seven appli¬ cations were examined during 1937. 58. Rodrigues—The Report of the Government Medical Officer, Rodrigues, printed as Appendix XII gives an account of Medical and Sanitary matters in the Dependency. 59. It is my pleasant duty to thank all members of the Department for their willing co-operation in the work recorded here. J. BALFOUR KIRK, Director, Medical and Health Department. 30th June, 1938.