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 83,345 88,560 112,360 oc co A o VI.—Diseases of the Digestive Syst em— ( Cod td.) 1 16. Diseases due to Intestinal Parasites— («) Cestoda (Taenia) 1 — J — (5) Trematoda (Flukes) ... — — — — (c) Nematoda (other than anky- lostoma)— — — — — Ascaris 3,541 8,694 4,515 4,861 Trichocephalus dispar 7 12 11 20 Trichinia — — — — Dracunculus — — — — Strongylus — —- -— — Oxyutis 37 47 55 92 (d) Coccidia — —. — (e) Other parasites 64 59 95' 73 [f] Unclassified 466 612 785 873 117. Appendicitis 70 100 77 119 118. Hernia 133 25 153 26 119. A—‘Affections of the Anus, Fis¬ tula, etc* . • ♦ * * • 1 • • 83 42 128 59 B—Other affections of the Intestines— Enteroptosis 4 1 4 1 Constipation 1,230 1,268 1,489 1,553 Unclassified 241 ! 243 296 888 120. Acute yellow atrophy of the Liver _ i ~ — 121. Hydatid of the Liver . | — ' 122. Cirrhosis of the Liver-— 1 1 (a) Alcoholic 1 — — \b) Other forms ... 21 13 * 30 s « 30 128. Biliary Calculus 7 8 7 8 124. Other affections of the Liver- Abscess... 2 2 8 2 Hepatitis ... 404 284 516 373 Cholecystitis ... 56 32 69 45 Jaundice 104 1 72 167 132 Unclassified 44 15 61 23 1 125. Diseases of the Pancreas. 1 . 126. Peritonitis (of unknown cause) .. J,n- v“ 127. Other affections of the Digestive 322 426 System 267 296 Total carried forward 90,128! 90,886 121, 14E 113,918