The following table shows the monthly Malaria returns at the two camps and the comparative percentages for 1907 and 1908 :-
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Number of cases of Malaria, 1907 60 59 48 59 166 185 203 117 85 62 65 59 1908 56 25 32 16 37 89 65 42 55 55 51 33 Percentages to total number of coolies on the line, 1907 1.9 3.7 1.7 2.0 3.7 7.4 8.5 1908 2.3 1.1 6.8 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 11 15 13 9The total number of patients seen at the No. 5 Tunnel Camps from August (when a Resident Assistant Medical Officer was appointed and records could be kept) to December 31st was 403.
Of these the following were the principal diseases :--
Malaria, Ulcers, etc., 147 Skin Diseases, 75 Dysentery & Diarrhea, 42 Beri-beri, 22 Injuries, 4 19 Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Cases of Malaria..... 48 41 32 18 Percentage..... 2.2 2.2 1.4 1The following table shows the cases sent to Hospital during the year :-
Malaria, 37 Dysentery, 11 Beri-beri, 16 Injuries, 21 Cellulitis, Ulcers, etc.,.......... 7 Debility, 3 Chest Diseases, 4 Eye Diseases, 2 Venereal, 1 Alcoholism, 1 Hepatitis,.. 1 Snake bite, 1 Quinsy, 1 Leprosy, 1 Plague, Ademitis,. 1 Lumbago, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Total,..... 113