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1928. NEW ZEALAND

MANDATED TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1928.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS. General Sdkvey :— page Infectious Diseases .. . . . . .. . . .. .. 3 Quarantine . . .. .. .. . . .. . . 3 Food and Drugs .. .. . . .. . . .. 4 Sanitation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 4 Child Welfare .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 4 Vital Statistics .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 4 Hospital and Dispensary Statistics .. .. .. . . . . 7 Financial Statement .. .. .. .. . . . . .. 8 Apia Hospital : — Hospital Report .. . . .. .. . . .. . . 8 Laboratory Report .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Hospital Statistics .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Appendix : — (a) Meteorological Report .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 (b) Tokelau Islands Report (Dr. A. F. Mackay) .. .. .. .. 16 (c) A Case of Ruptured Ectopic Gestation (Dr. William C. Mac Knight) .. 18 j, / Streptococcic Infection of Knee-joint (Dr. William C. Mac Knight) .. 18 ' \ Lympho-sarcoma of Small Intestine (Dr. William C. Mac Knight) .. ..18 (e) Simulation of Intestinal Tumor by Masses of Ascaris Lumbricoides (Dr. William C. Mac Knight) .. .. .. . . . . .. .. 18

RE POET. The Acting Chief Medical Officer to His Excellency the Administrator. I have the honour to submit the annual report of the Department of Health for the year ended 31st March, 1928. Ernest Hunt, Acting Chief Medical Officer.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1928. Early in 1928 the Health Department sustained a great loss by the retirement, through ill health, of Dr. T. Russell Ritchie, for more than four years the Chief Medical Officer for the Territory. It is with great regret that Dr. Ritchie's resignation was accepted by the Government, a regret which is shared by all who knew him and his work. There can be no doubt that the Health Department, and through it the Native population of Western Samoa, owes a very great .debt to Dr. Ritchie,

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