Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City.

  • Egypt. Cairo City Health Inspectorate.
Date:
[1926]
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    GOVERNMENT FEVER HOSPITAL, ABBASIYA. During the year 192G, there were 2,533 admissions to the Government Fever Hospital as compared with 1,958 in 1925. Of these 1,560 were males and 973 were females. Table XXI. The number of patients admitted each month was 152 in January, 226 in February, 214 in March, 217 in April, 266 in May, 191 in June, 252 in July, 252 in August, 296 in September, 198 in October, 126 in November and 143 in December. Table XXII. The admissions consisted of 103 small-pox, 75 chicken-pox, 151 measles, 13 scarlet fever, 505 typhoid and 17 paratyphoid (= 522), 109 typhus, 5 cerebro-spinal fever, 161 diphtheria, 6 whooping cough, 35 mumps, 679 influenza, 61 erysipelas, 1 malta fever and other cases consisting of 185 cases sent to hospital under a mistaken diagnosis of infec¬ tious disease, 77 persons sent in under observation in whom no disease of any sort manifested itself and 350 mothers of young children and persons accompanying patients. Tables XXI and XXIII. The 185 cases sent to hospital under a mistaken, diagnosis of infectious diseases were found on examination to consist of 29 gastro-enteritis, 14 pneumonia, 5 bronchitis, 10 phthisis, 14 malaria, 52 dysentery, 25 various skin diseases, 26 cases of tonsilitis and 30 other cases of a most diverse nature consisting of tumours, heart disease, etc. Of the 2,533 admissions, 109 were first class, 319 second class and 2,105 third class. The admissions from the eight principal notifiable diseases (small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid, typhus, relapsing and cerebro-spinal fevers) were 1,047. From the admissions, however, should be deducted 122 military cases. There were 221 deaths in hospital during 1926, or estimated on the 2,533 admissions 8-7 per cent of the cases admitted. Of these there were 23 caused by typhus with a case mortality of 21-1 per cent, 79 of typhoid with a case mortality of 15-6 per cent, 31 of diphtheria with a case mortality of 192 per cent, 14 by small-pox with a case mortality of 13-6 per cent, and 5 by cerebro¬ spinal fever, all died. These cases of cerebro-spinal fever were admitted in a very advanced condition, some of them in agony. Death in them occurred from 2 hours up to 3 days after their admission. Table XXIV. In addition there were 27 deaths amongst patients sent in under mistaken diagnosis of various infectious diseases and whose condition did not permit of a refusal of admission. These are 4 broncho-pneumonia, 4 enteritis, 3 phthisis, 6 dysentery, 1 myocarditis, 1 pyaemic abscesses, 1 septicaemia, 3 puerperal fever, 1 morvis corditis, 1 general debility, 1 gangrene of scrotum and 1 paralysis of the larynx. Included amongst the 2,105 third class admissions were 140 sick convicts from Cairo prisons. Of these 24 were suffering from typhoid, 78 of typhus, 27 from influenza, 2 from diphtheria, and 1 case of para-typhoid. Table XXV. Of the convict patients 18 died, death being due to typhus in 14 cases and typhoid in 4 cases. Table XXVI. The convict mortality was therefore 12’9 per cent of the total number of cases admitted.