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

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department
Date:
[1933]
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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 66,846 67,155 89,890 87,950 VI.—Diseases of the Digestive System. —(Oontd.) 116. Diseases due to Intestinal Parasites—• (a) Cestodia (Taenia) 1 —— 1 •- (#) Trematoda (Flukes) ... — — — (c) Nematoda (other than anky- lostoma)— Ascaris 3,188 3,238 4,049 4,051 Trichocephalus dispar 12 6 12 6 Trichinia —«, —- ___ — Dracunculus — — — Strongylus ... — — —• — Oxyuris 28 16 84 40 (d) Coccidia — — -— ■— [e) Other parasites 27 25 86 38 (f) Unclassified ... 472 870 643 574 117. Appendicitis 56 53 81 89 118. Hernia 118 22 149 26 J19, A.™Affections of the Anus, Fis- tula, etc. 57 32 97 39 B.—Other affections of the Intestines— Enteroptosis 7 8 7 8 Constipation 928 1,216 1,256 1,587 120 Acute yellow atrophy of the Liver .. — — — — 121 Hydatid of the Liver — — —« — 122 Cirrhosis of the Liver— (a) Alcoholic 10 — 15 —. (<b) Other forms ... 26 9 35 14 3 28. Biliary Calculus ... 2 5 2 6 124. Other affections of the Liver— Abscess... 0 2 5 4 Hepatitis 157 88 205 124 Cholecystitis ... 89 63 45 63 Jaundice 43 29 60 44 Unclassified 3 5 8 8 lag. Diseases of the Pancreas . . — — i — 126. Peritonitis (of unknown cause) .. — — ' j — ] ->7. Other affections of the Digestive Sy si© in • •© • • • 9 9. 510 385 667 528 i