Annual report of the Superintending Medical Officer / Jamaica.

  • Jamaica. Medical Department
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: Annual report of the Superintending Medical Officer / Jamaica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Leprosy. • 27. The following cases are known to exist in the various districts:— Cave Valley.—22 cases are known to exist. 10 males and 12 females. 15 cases are of the tuber¬ cular and 7 are anaesthetic variety. Christiana.—One male and one female known of—isolated. Tubercular type. Chapelton.—Six known of and were sent to Leper Asylum. Four males and 2 females. Duncans.—Two male lepers known of, one of 13 and one of 15 years of age. They have been pro¬ perly isolated. Both tubercular. Lower St. Andrew—Two lepers known of—both anaesthetic cases. Little London.—One female known of—not isolated and who has refused to go to the Leper Asylum. She had been there before. Linstead.—One leper, male, tubercular—isolation not complete. Montego Bay.—-3 cases known of. Two females and one male. One female has been sent to the Leper Asylum. Properly isolated, they have ulcers on their feet. Newport.—One case was sent to the Leper Asylum. Old Harbour.—One female sent to the Leper Asylum. Sav.-la-Mar.—One known of, an indentured coolie on an estate—not isolated. Ulster Spring.—One male leper known of. In the other districts none are known of for certain by the District Medical Officers. 28. District. So-called Vomiting Sick¬ ness. Pellagra. Leprosy. Cases seen. Deaths. Cases seen. Deaths. Cases seen. Deaths. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total Males. Females. Total Males. Females Total. Kingston 2 9 11 1 1 2 1 1 Lower St. Andrew 2 3 5 2 3 5 2 11 13 8 8 1 1 Stony Hill 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 Gordon Town 1 1 Morant Bay 1 1 St. Davids Plantain Garden River Manchioneal 1 1 1 1 Port Antonio 2 2 1 1 Buff Bay Annotto Bay 2 2 2 2 Richmond i 10 11 1 8 9 Port Maria 3 8 11 3 7 10 1 2 3 1 1 Gayle 1 1 St. Ann’s Bay 7 4 11 6 4 10 1 1 Claremont 2 1 3 2 1 3 . Cave Valley 1 6 7 1 3 4 2 2 Ulster Spring 1 1 1 1 Duncans 18 16 34 10 7 17 14 14 1 1 Falmouth 4 17 21 11 11 Montego Bay 19 42 61 13 30 43 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 Adelphi 1 5 6 1 4 5 Lucea . Little London Sav.-la-Mar 1 3 4 1 1 Grange Hill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Lambs River Black River Santa Cruz 2 3 5 Balaclava 7 3 10 7 3 10 Mandeville Newport 1 1 Christiana 1 i 2 Chapelton 2 2 4 9 6 May Pen .. ' 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Vere 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 3 Crofts Hill 2 2 2 2 Spanish Town Linstead 3 3 1 1 Old Harbour 1 1 Port Royal .. 1 Temporary Outstations— 1 Brown’s Town . Hope Bay Southfield 6 12 18 71 126 197 50 91 141 21 48 69 5 12 1 17 25- 9 34 ] 1 1