16. Rainfall during the year :-
97
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Sav-la-Mar (at time of census, April, 1911) .
Black River
Mandeville
Chapelton
May Pen
Linstead
Spanish Town
Old Harbour
Mayor and Council
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15
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1)
Total
(c) Total revenue, 1913-14, Kingston (other towns
have no independent revenues):
Kingston General Commissioners
(d) Total medical and sanitary expenditure, Kingston (other towns have no independent
Kingston General Commissioners (sewage) Kingston
revenues) :-
Mayor and Council
General
Commissioners'
Charges
Total
14. Table of deaths by parishes :—
3,400
1,282
1,198
Where Observed.
District.
630
(not stated)
#
7,119
At about 150
N.E.
(not stated)
"average" stations.
.א
£38,825
38,483
£77,308
£4,684
4,474
Debt
6,543
£15,701
Total Deaths.
Parish.
Arem Square Miles.
Estimated (Mean) Population.
March Quarter.
June Quarter.
December September
Quarter. Quarter.
Year.
Kingston
71
60,540
572
571
421
956
1,920
St. Andrew
188
58,508
465
491
294
296
1,546
St. Thomas
2981
40,518
849
274
208
200
1,026
Portland
888
50,785
401
297
280
242
1,170
St. Mary
251
75,979
460
891
291
888
1,480
St. Ann
487
74,459
870
277
888
847
1,882
Trelawny
858
86,579
220
175
184
289
818
St. James
2891
42,819
269
285
810
262
1,078
Hanover
177
88,878
288
818
800
248
1,149
Westmoreland
820
68,815
490
471
525
897
1,888
St. Elizabeth...
4784
81,844
478
896
946
899
1,614
Manchester
887
88,202
865
825
800
307
1,297
Clarendon
487
77,048
689
427
965
889
1,870
St. Catherine
498
91,084
784
579
511
479
2,826
Whole Island
4,4501 860,798
6,175
5,215
4,618
4,499
20,507
15. Table of deaths in the principal towns :-
Kingston
Town.
Estimated
(Men) Population
8,170
January.
February.
March.
September.
October.
November.
December,
Total.
217 159 191 192 188 192 171181118 96118 185 1,898
(No figures available for other towns.)
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The Island
January-
February.
March.
April.
ins. in. ins. ine. ine.
August.
Feptember.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
ina. ing. ine. ins.
ins. ins. ins. ins.
10-292-28 51-09 5-712-77 77-08
7-68 1-56 8-18 10-45 | 11·10 | 5·70 4·17 6-488-89 7-1415-85 814 87-19 8:29 0-77 248_6-90 5-89 | 8:24 2-888-46,4-54|| 5-88 12-15 1-878-85 8-59 9-95 4.89 8-55 7-57 9-11 10-57 1-470-84 8-10 6-42 5.82 1-89 2·57 4-52 5·55 4-64
'W.C.
8.
8-64 1-14 8-79 7-94
8-24 2-49 41.95
8-06 | | 8-804-48| 550| 8-90|||-7-092 | 8-65 [8·42 64-94
17. Additional information to be given, if possible, on the following points
(a) Is there any legislation in force against the breeding of mosquitoes in premises? Yes. Section 7 of Law 35 of 1910. By-laws have been framed under Section 11 of Law 35 of 1910.
Number of notices, convictions, and warnings during the year.-Notices
and warnings, 18,948; convictions, 154.
(b) Number of children examined for enlarged spleen.---No routine examina-
tion was made.
Does kála-azar exist?—No.
() Number of persons examined for filarial diseases.-No special routine
examination was made.
(d) Any large works for surface drainage of towns or reclamation of
marshes :--
Kingston:
Portland:
St. Mary:
St. Ann:
St. James:
Hanover :
Reclamation of swamp land at Kingston Pen. Concrete drains, Windward Road.
Concrete drains.
Swamp land, Port Antonio.
Concrete drain, Buff Bay.
Concrete drains.
Reclamation, Warner's Pond Swamp.
Clearing river outlet, Annotto Bay. Concrete drains, etc.
Reclamation, swamp land, St. Ann's Bay.
Concrete drains.
Concrete drains.
Westmoreland: Concrete drains.
St. Elizabeth: Reclamation of marshes, Thornton Swamp, etc.
Clarendon :
Drains at May Pen.
St. Catherine: Concrete drains.
Approximate cost: £3,651.
(e) Number of men employed in towns and villages for petty anti-mosquito works. As a rule no men are employed by parochial authorities exclusively for petty anti-mosquito work, but in each parish the parochial Inspectors of Nuisances attend to such work, and in many instances these men have received special instruction on the subject. (f) Amount of Government quinine sold or distributed gratis during the
year. In powder, 3,886 ozs.; in tablets, 9,395 ozs. Agencies employed.--Public hospitals, Parochial Boards, Malaria
Commission, Post Offices, Police Estates (Managers).
(g) Is quinine distributed regularly in the schools?-Not at all schools. At those in malarial districts it is distributed at different seasons as needed, and at the discretion of the teachers.
(2) Measures taken against these diseases on estates employing indentured labour.-Employers are urged to keep barracks and compounds in a sanitary condition, and to administer quinine to labourers regularly two or three times per week.
(1) Any steps taken regarding the housing of the poor.-There are Poor
Houses in most of the parishes, which are under parochial adminiɛ tration.
(j) Any exceptional increase or decrease of these diseases recently noticed.
No.
(k) Any other remarks on the subject.--No.
I
Total...
10665
98
No. 107.
CAYMAN ISLANDS.
RETURN OF MALARIAL FEVER, BLACKWATER FEVER, YELLOW FEVER, AND FILARIASIS FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 318T DECEMBER, 1919.
(Received in Colonial Office, 6th March, 1915.)
1. Name of Colony: Cayman Islands.
2. Total area: 61,000 acres.
3. Population at time of census, April, 1911:-
Total
Europeans
White
Other races
5,564 20
5,544
2,322
Coloured.. Black
2,211
1,031
Total
5,564
4. Births during the year
199
5. Deaths during the year
41
(None ascribed to malaria, blackwater, or yellow fever.)
6. Government hospitals
None
7. Government dispensaries
None
8. Number of Government Medical Officers
2
(No special health officers or other registered
practitioners.)
9. Number of (a) Government schools
4
State-aided schools
None
(c) Percentage of daily attendance
(b) Scholars registered in these schools
505
12169
88
10.
Estates employing indentured labour
None
11.
Estimated revenue of Colony, year ending 30th
September, 1913
£3,067
12. Estimated expenditure:
(a) Total during year ending 30th September, 1913 (b) Annual medical and sanitary expenditure
£3,052
£375
Upkeep of Government hospitals and dispensaries Total salaries and allowances of Medical Officers Total annual sanitary expenditure
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13. Towns under municipalities or town councils.-None.
nil
SIR,
£335
nil
District.
Area..
Population at Census,
April, 1911.
1
Total Deaths,
Quarter ending Quarter ending Quarter ending Quarter ending | March 81, 1918 | June 30, 1918." | Bept. 80, 1918." | Dec. 31, 1918.
(H.C. 17.)
Georgetown and West Bay
2,411
Prospect and S. W. Sound Boddentown
946
625
East End and Northside... Leaser Caymans
748
1,486
OS DE CA **
8
8
1
Nil.
8
No.
2
1
2
Nil.
4
4
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MY LORD,
5,564
11
8
9
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