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

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASES Cases Attendances Male Female ' Male Female Brought forward 42,914 43,211 54,2 ] 9 55,110 I.—Epidemic, Endemic and Infections Diseases— (Contd.) 19. Spirochaetosis ictero-haemorrhagica ... 20. Leprosy l 1 1 1 2 1. Erysipelas 8 14 8 14 22. Acute Poliomyelitis , 2 2 3 2 23. Encephalitis Letbargica — — —- 2 4. Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Fever — — 25, Other Epidemic Diseases-— — — r (a) Rubeola (German Measles) .. — — - (6) Varicella (Chicken-pox) 1 1 1 (0) Kala-azar — — -— (d) Phlebotomus Fever — — — — (<?) Dengue — — — — (f) Epidemic Dropsy — — — — (g) Yaws — — — — (h) Trypanosomiasis 1 —• — — 26. Glanders — 1 — 27. Anthrax 15 8 22 11 28. Rabies — — —- — 29. Tetanus 8 3 8 3 30. Mycosis 1 — 1 — 31. Tuberculosis Pulmonary and Pharyngeal 1,002 542 1,545 949 32. Tuberculosis of the Meninges or Central Nervous System mmm^ , r 33. Tuberculosis of the Intestine or Peritoneum I 4 1 4 31. Tuberculosis of the Vertebral Column ... 3 2 3 2 35. Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints ... 2 — 3 — 36. Tuberculosis of other organs— (a) Skin or Subcutaneous Tissue (Lupus) 3 3 (£) Bones 1 — 1 — (<?) Lymphatic System ... 17 18 35 51 (d) Genito-Urinary l — 2 — (e) Other Organs 9 4 9 4 37. Tuberculosis disseminated— (a) Acute 5 6 5 7 (b) Chronic 131 93 213 159 Total carried forward ...1 44,127 43,909 56,084 56,818