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15. Health of patients .—The general health of patients has
been good throughout the year under report except for about
two months in the year when influenza broke out in mild
epidemic form. The daily average number of sick treated in the
infirmaries for bodily ailments was 57.62 males and 2.84 females
total 60.46, as compared with 59.93 males 1.67 females total
61.60 in the previous year.
The important admissions in the infirmaries during the
period under report are shown in the subjoined table :—
|
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
|
Ankylostomiasis ... ... |
16 |
5 |
21 |
|
Dysentery ... ... |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
*Malaria ... ... |
71 |
14 |
85 |
|
Kala-azar ... ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Influenza ... ... |
314 |
26 |
340 |
|
Pneumonia ... ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
**T. B. Lungs ... ... |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
All other general diseases ... |
38 |
7 |
45 |
|
Diseases of the eye ... ... |
17 |
... |
17 |
|
Diseases of the respiratory system |
15 |
3 |
18 |
|
Diseases of the intestine ... ... |
36 |
3 |
39 |
|
All other diseases of digestive system |
37 |
3 |
40 |
|
Other diseases of generative system |
3 |
... |
3 |
|
Diseases of organs of locomotion ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
Inflammation ulcerative ... |
33 |
3 |
36 |
|
Other diseases of the skin ... |
36 |
... |
36 |
|
Injury general or local ... |
74 |
7 |
81 |
|
Nervous system diseases of which |
4 |
... |
4 |
|
Nervous system diseases of which |
4 |
... |
4 |
|
Acute or chronic nephrities ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Acute or supurative inflammation |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
All other diseases of urinary system |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Diseases of the areolar tissue ... |
37 |
4 |
41 |
|
Diseases of the circulatory system |
... |
1 |
1 |
*Out of 85 Malaria cases 19 were Bacteriologically positive and the rest clinically
positive.
**Out of 5 Tuberculosis cases 4 were Bacteriologically positive and one clinically
positive.