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In addition to the above, the following statistics of work carried out by the medical staff during 1945 will be of interest:— Visits by medical officers and Native medical practitioners . . . . . . .. 11,830 Hook-worm treatment . . . . .. . . 15,830 OperationsApia— Major . . . . . . . . 182 Minor .. . . . . ... 591 Out stations— Major . . . . . . . . 186 Minor .. .. .. .. 2,640 N.A.B. injections .. .. . . .. 10,238 Inductothermy treatment . . .. . . 327 Laboratory examinations . . . . . . 3,299 X-rays .. .. .. .. r . 819

Infectious Diseases reported

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— 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. Meningitis, meningococcal 11 273 105 25 Meningitis, pneumonoccal 12 7 1 Tuberculosis 142 94 91 98 io3 Typhoid fever 178 134 178 57 130 Paratyphoid fever 6 3 Malignant jaundice 45 38 30 39 48 Catarrhal jaundice 18 19 30 51 64 Pneumonia 210 624 1,472 425 1 .184 "Chicken-pox 37 10 18 4 19 "Gonorrhoea 4 23 41 , 17 21 Dengue fever 2 1. } 120 Tetanus 4 7 5 2 1 Puerperal fever Gas gangrene 18 17 33 19 9 1 1 1 Lobar pneumonia 1 Broncho-pneumonia 13 Puerperal sepsis 2 ' Leprosy 2 8 6 5 10 Tubercular disease of bone 1 Tubercular glands 1 Measles 3 Dysentery (Flexner Y) 2 10 1 Whooping-cough 6 42 Conjunctivitis 1 Erysipelas .. 4 • * Septicaemia 1 Rubella 40 . Gastro-enteritis 2 Enteric fever 5 3 Morbilli 1 Infantile paralysis 1 Influenza 72 Bronchitis 3 'Tonsilitis 1 Pleurisy 2 T.B. meningitis ! 1 No unusual epidemics occurred during the year.