Report of the Surgeon-General / British Guiana.

  • British Guiana. Medical Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Report of the Surgeon-General / British Guiana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ 1,053 sessions were held in the Electro*therapeutic Department for “ the treatment of 42 male and female patients. “ The following Laboratory investigations were made :— “Examination of Smears from Nasal Mucosa ... 978 “Examination of Nodules of skin, etc. for M. Leprae ... ... ... 23 “Kahn precipitation Tests ... .. 3 “ Examination of Blood for Malarial parasites ... 1 “ Examination of Urine ... ... 4 “ Examination of Stool for Ankylostome Ova ... 9 “Examination of Sputum for B. Tuberculosis ... 6 “ During the year 52 visits were paid to the Out-patients’ Clinic in “ Georgetown and 12 each to those in New Amsterdam, the Corentyne “Coast, Wakenaam, Suddie and Charity on the Pomeroon River. “The following were the numbers of patients seen and attendances “ made :— Clinic No. of Total No. of Patients. Attendances. Georgetown 96 1,240 New Amsterdam ... 56 215 No. 63, Corentyne Coast 36 205 Mahaica 75 248 Essequebo, including “Wakenaam, Suddie “and Charity ... 33 33 296 1,941 “ 37 patients were discharged as quiescent during the year and there “ were 55 new admissions. 3 quiescent cases became interrupted and 3 “ arrested cases relapsed. “ 13 deaths took place, the causes being as follows:— “ Cutaneous Leprosy—Toxaemia ... ... 1 Cutaneous Leprosy—Exhaustion ... ,.. 1 “ Cutaneous Leprosy—Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... 1 “ Neural Leprosy —Exhaustion ... ... 2 “ Neural Leprosy —Acute Nephritis ... 2 “ Neural Leprosy —Chronic Diarrhoea ... 1 “ Neural Leprosy —Cardiac Disease ... 1 “ Cutaneous Leprosy—Nephritis, Chronic Bronchitis 1 “Neural Leprosy —Septicaemia ... ... 1 “Gangrene of foot —Toxaemia ... ... 1 “ Cutaneous Leprosy—Nephritis ... ... 1 Total ... 13 (( (( << “ At the end of the year the total number of cases under observation was 698, of whom 475 were undergoing active treatment. ' cases eluded observation during the year. “ British Empire Leprosy Relief Association.—The Lady Denham Home ■^^d amounted to around $14,000 by the close of the year. the usual committee meetings were held, but a suitable building site has not yet been decided upon. The Entertainment Committee held few meetings, owing to the absence of most of its members on furlough.