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Fractures-The principal fractures treated were:-
Skull- 1 - 1 -
Thigh- 13 9 3 3
Leg 19 with 16 deaths.
Spine- 4 4 3 3
Arm 2 1 2 1
Forearm - - - -
Patella • - - -
Ribs 1 - - -
Clavicle, Jaw , I 1 - -
Malarial Fever:-There was a large decrease in the number of cases treated--112 as against 340 in 1910, 188 in 1909, 282 in 1908, and 247 in 1907.
Appendicitis :-Five cases were under treatment. All recovered after operation.
Typhoid Fever:-There were 22 cases under treatment with 4 deaths.
Paratyphoid Fever:-One case was under treatment. This is the first I have seen and resembled a mild case of typhoid. Tested by the Government Bacteriologist the blood serum was negative to typhoid but markedly positive to paratyphoid.
Parasites: The question of the prevalence of intestinal parasites, as far as this Colony is concerned, not having been settled, I undertook an investigation. I examined the stools of 850 patients with the following results:-41.3 per cent. were infected. Europeans to the extent of 13.7, Indians 22.5 and Asiatics 63.8 per cent. Multiple infection was found in 25.5 per cent.
Ascaris Lumbricoides occurred in 46.6 per cent.
Trichocephalus Dispar 26.2 per cent.
Ankylostoma Duodenale 13.3 per cent.
Clonorchis Sinense 12.9 per cent.
Taenia Solium one case.
Oxyuris Vermicularis three cases.
Amoebae 28 cases, all but one being cases of dysentery.
Leishman-Donovan bodies were found in one case,
The patient was an Indian Gaol Guard who had been here for a year. The typical ulcer from which the bodies were taken was of 6 weeks' duration.