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In addition to the above, the following statistics of work carried out by the medical staff during 1946 will be of interest:— Visits by medical officers and Native medical practitioners . . .. .. .. 3,132 Hook-worm treatment .. .. .. .. 6,844 Operations— Apia— Major .. . . .. .. 61 Minor .. .. .. .. 507 Outstations — Major .. .. .. .. 159 Minor .. .. .. .. 2,168 NA.B. injections .. .. .. .. 61,642 -Inductothermy treatment .. .. .. 214 Laboratory examinations . . . . .. 3,161 X-rays .. ..... .. .. 914

Infectious Diseases reported

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— 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. Meningitis, meningococcal 11 2 73 1 05 25 Meningitis, pneumonoccal 12 7 1 <4t> Tuberculosis 94 91 98 io3 Typhoid fever 134 1 78 57 130 Paratyphoid fever 6 3 Malignant jaundice '38 30 39 *48 ii Catarrhal jaundice 19 30 51 64 93 Pneumonia 624 1,4 72 4 25 184 24i~ Chicken-pox 10 18 4 19 9 Gonorrhoea 23 41 17 21 9 Dengue fever 2 1 1 20 1 Tetanus 7 5 2 1 4 Puerperal fever 17 33 19 9 8 Gas gangrene 1 1 1 Broncho-pneumonia .. 73 Leprosy 8 6 5 io 5 Tubercular disease of bone 1 Tubercular glands 1 Measles 3 Dysentery "2 10 "l i Whooping-cough 6 42 Conjunctivitis 1 Erysipelas *4 i Septicaemia 1 Rubella 40 Gastro-enteritis 2 Enteric fever ..' 3 37 Morbilli 1 Infantile paralysis 1 T.B. meningitis Meninciphalitis 1 6