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The following is a comparative table showing the amounts expended on health services over the last five financial years :

A summary of the work performed at the hospital and during the weekly and other visits to villages for the twelve months ended 31st December, 1947, is set out below :

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— 1943-44. 1944-45. 1945-46. 1946-47. 1947-48. Amount expended Population Amount per head of population £3,900 4,242 18s. 5d. £3,656 4,200 17s. 5d. £5,305 4,271 £1 4s. 9d. £8,211 4.328 £1 17s. lid. £7,293 4,318 £1 13s. 9d.

— 1943. 1944. 1945. 1940. 1947. (1) Infectious diseases — (a) Tuberculosis 28 11 26 13 27 (6) Gonorrhoea 107 21 44 171 88 (c) Yaws 863 713 1,038 1,173 1,218 (d) Pneumonia and broncho178 25 29 41 427 pneumonia (e) Conjunctivitis 156 17 104 148 8 (/) Ringworm .. 418 37 146 55 1,222 (g) Varicella .. 16 1 25 5 8 (h) Typhoid .. 33 15 13 12 7 {i) Leprosy 2 1 1 2 2 (j) Infectious jaundice .. 78 112 49 65 (k) Puerperal fever 3 2 7 (I) Intestinal parasites .. 150 155 7 (m) Scabies 166 163 33 (n) Whooping-cough 606 (o) Meningitis .. 10 (p) Dysentery, unclassified 17 (q) Mumps 575 (r) Dengue fever 23 (*) Influenza .. 197 42) Endemic diseases— (a) Filariasis .. Very prevalent 207 181 120 132 (b) Myositis tropica 10 6 6 60 10 (3) Hospital and dispensary— Admissions for year 116 76 71 139 699 Average number of days in hospital 32-5 28 11-29 10 8 per patient Daily average bed state 9-95 8-13 4-55 6 16 District out-patients Dispensary out-patients 29,062 1,802 29,811 2,984 \ 23,024 21,839 26,377 Special visits 4,421 2,124 2,295 1,891 5,589 Operations 75 369 137 26 Dental extractions *134 130 221 950 1,317 Injections, N.A.B., T.A.B., &c. .. 10,159 844 4.301 6,828 4,094 Confinements 18 23 20 63 22 Anaesthetics— General 10 2 21 119 Local 220 149 315 134 100 Post-mortems 8 Ante-natal treatment 52 Bakery inspections 19 <4) Child welfare— Xumber of visits 221 Number of children seen 11,456