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Administration Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services for 1929 Ceylon

1930

The site of the disease in the majority of cases was in the region of the buccal cavity the commonest site being the cheek. [...] Several severe epidemics of malaria occurred during the year breaking out in nearly all the Provinces after the north-east rains—in the Western Province in the qampaha Henaratgoda and Avissawella areas; in the Central Province in the Matale District; in the Southern Province in Ambalangoda-Gallo District and in Hambantota District; and in the Northern North-Western Eastern and North-Central P [...] Hospital cases.. 1 520.. 1 352.. 1 488.. 1 687.. 2 010 Hospital deaths.. 392.. 361.. 304.. 368.. 472 Total number of deaths for the Island 721.. 544.. 510 577.. 736 The diagnosis of the disease in each of the hospital cases was confirmed by Widal's test. [...] C 13 dispensaries and of the mortality from the disease is directly due to the success of the intensive campaigns carried out by the Itinerating Medical Officers appointed primarily for the treatment The steady decrease in the number of admissions to hospitals and of out-patients at of parangi.
technology medicine science
Pages
117
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.140263
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-5 J.F.E Bridger view
Administration
6-8 J.F.E Bridger view
Public Health
8-15 J.F.E Bridger view
Hygiene and Sanitation
15-30 J.F.E Bridger view
Port Health and Administration
30-30 J.F.E Bridger view
Maternity and Child Welfare
31-34 J.F.E Bridger view
Hospitals Dispensaries and Venereal Clinics
34-40 J.F.E Bridger view
Prisons and Asylums
40-46 J.F.E Bridger view
Meteorology
46-46 J.F.E Bridger view
Scientific
46-49 J.F.E Bridger view
Miscellaneous
50-53 J.F.E Bridger view
Appendix
54-86 J.F.E Bridger view
Tables and Returns
87-108 J.F.E Bridger view

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