Annual report of the Medical and Sanitary Department / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical and Sanitary Department
Date:
[1921]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical and Sanitary Department / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) NATIVE OFFICIALS. Table showing the Sick, Invaliding and Death-rates of Native Officials. O' O 1919 1920. 1921. Total number of officials resident 650 850 850 Average number resident ... 350 750 750 Total number on sick list y 1,8 62 1,248 Total number of days on sick list • • • 5,742 7,780 Average daily number on sick list 15-68 2L31 Percentage of sick to average number resident Average number of days on sick list to each 2-09 2-84 patient . . . 3-08 6-23 Average sick time to each resident . . • 7 *6 10-37 Total number invalided 6 23 24 Percentage of invalidings to total resident Percentage of invalidings to average number 0-91 2-70 2*82 resident 1*09 3-06 3-20 Total deaths 4 9 6 Percentage of deaths to total residents 0-61 1-05 0-70 Percentage of deaths to average number resident 0-72 L20 0-80 CAUSES OF INVALIDINGS AND DEATHS OF NATIVE OFFICIALS. Cause. Invalided. Died. Anaemia 2 Hemiplegia 1 Valvular disease of the heart 5 Chronic asthma 1 Debility 2 Lacerated wound of hand 1 Injury to eye 1 T ubercu losis 4 1 Meningitis following ulcer of antrum 1 Malaria 1 Arthritis 1 ... Malignant growth of liver . . . 1 Neurasthenia and cardiac debility 2 1 Defective vision 1 Cirrhosis of liver and ascites 1 1 Arteriosclerosis 1 . . . Excessive obesity and fatty heart 1 • • • Total 24 6 (d) PRISONERS (FREETOWN PRISON). — 1919 1920. 1921. Total number of prisoners admitted 1,183 1,386 1,035 Average strength 348 435 318 Total deaths 8 12 25 Total number of prisoners on sick list 278 464 186 Daily average number on sick list 22 21 Sick rate per 1,000 of average strength . . . 50-6 66-03 Death-rate per 1,000 of average strength • * • 27-6 7866
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