192
20. Pathological work and investigation on various lines have been conducted. and examinations of blood, fæces, etc., have been carried out for Medical Officers throughout the island.
Report for the Month of February, 1915.
21. The arrangements for carrying on work on the intensive method in two highly infected areas were completed in the month of January, and operations actually commenced on the 1st day of February.
22 The method of conducting the campaign in these areas was briefly indi- cated in the report for the previous month; here and now it may be advisable to state the procedure in more detail,
23.
Area-St. David's, A and B : Parish of St. David :-
Field Officer: Assistant Medical Officer.
Microscopists: one senior, one junior.
Estimated population: 6,408.
Fstimated infection : 3,845 (60 per cent.).
Estimated expenditure: $1,195.40 (£249 0s. 10d.), three months. Field office and laboratory: Court Room, St. David's.
Extent of area: 11,795 acres (whole parish).
Nature of country: hilly, with scattered population.
District Operated.
Assistant.
133
28. Besides examining and treating here daily, the Assistant Medical Officer visits at other parts of the parish, usually at a school, at arranged times; and follows up at their homes persons who, from various causes, have not been examined at the field office or other vicarious location.
29. The figures of actual work done at St. David's for the month of February
are:-
Patienta Treated.
Cured.
Patients Soen
Kzami, ati-18.
1.t
2nd
3rd
*b
5th
Total.
2,343
1,909
1,075
368
106
8
1
1,559
14
30. The response of the people has been genuinely appreciative; and these figures give evidence of four weeks' good work.
31. During the month a microscopist was absent from St. David's office for one week on account of illness, and was replaced during that time by a junior micro- scopist from head office.
32. Area-Mount Moritz centre: Parish of St. George:
Field Officer: Medical Officer in charge. Microscopists: one senior, two junior. Estimated population: 3,045.
Estimated infection: 2,187 (60 per cent.). Estimated expenditure: $1,070.40 (£223). Field office and laboratory: Headquarters. Extent of area: 5,400 acres.
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Nature of country: hilly, with scattered population.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Estimated Population.
"Providence "-
Providence, Thebaide, Rydon, Rose Hill, Belvue
818
Mr. Sylvester.
"Hampstead "—
Hampstead, Hythe, La Sagesse, Requin
787
Mr. Whiteman.
"Pommie Rose "—
District Operated.
Home, Rose Vale, Retreat, Belgeance, Quack
497
Mr. Pitt.
E timated Population.
Assistant.
"La Tante "—
"Mount Moritz "
La Tante (above public road), Industry, Londonderry,
Apres tout
511
Mr. Gibben.
***
Queen's Park to Grand Mal Byaway, Belvue, Mount Moritz, Belair, Hermitage, Fontenoy, Cherry Hill, Mount Melville...
586
Misa Aird.
"Marlmount"-
Petit Esperance, Glebe, Presbytery, Court
House,
10
Happy Hill"—
Marlmount, Lower La Tante (below public road)
757
Mr. Andrews.
Grand Mal Byoway to and including Happy Hill
597
Misa Redhead.
"St. Dominic's " and " Perdmontempe❞—
"St. Luke's "—
St. George's boundary to Baillie's Bacolet Road with Park, Mardi Gras, Mount Pleasant, River St. Louis, Bocage
Beausejour and part of Grenville Vale...
511
Miss Modeste.
1,279
Mr. Hayling, Mr. Langaigne.
"Constantine "—
"Lauralands "----
Laura and Florence
619
Perseverance, Richmond, Mont d'Or, Brizan, Elysian Fields, New Hampshire, Annandale (part), Granton
1,181
Mr. Ireland and Mr. Munro, chief assistant.
"Windsor Forest "
Windsor Forest, Hermitage, Argyle, Champfleur
611
Mr. La Barrie, chief assistant.
"Beaulieu "—
"Corinth."-
From Burial Ground to Snng Corner, "Great
House" up to Belvue Estate...
820
Mr. Lucas.
Corinth, Syracuse, Valenciennes
589
24. Owing to the physical configuration of the parish and the difficulty in arranging for division into topographical areas, the parish is being attacked on a population basis.
25. Rather more than one-half of the population is expected to be operated on during the current quarter; and during the quarter ending 30th June the whole parish will probably be finished and a treatment and sanitary record effected.
28. The schools are used in the main as centres, around which districts are marked off and census is taken.
Six school teachers are employed as part-time assistants; one whole-time assistant is appointed to a district and one whole-time inspector has charge of a district, supervises the work of the others, and collects from and distributes to the assistants over the whole area.
27. The office of the field force is situated at the Court Room, St. David's, the use of which is granted (rent free) by the local Government. The office is as conve- niently situated and adaptable as could be arranged.
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33. The parish of St. George can be conveniently divided into areas for exhaustive work. Convenient residence for staff and building suitable for laboratory are not to be had without erection. The headquarters at St. George's are used as the field laboratory, and the five schools, which are admirably adapted in situation to the population, are used in regular circuit for meeting and examining and lecturing to the people. Many of the people also prefer to come regularly to head office for their examination and treatment.
34. The head office is also open for examination and treatment as originally' decided, and the figures of work done indicate the patronage received from patients who come from every parish of the island, and who ereditably persist in the treatment. Since the commencement of the field work a certain amount of work pre- viously recorded against head office is now recorded against the respective field areas. It has been found necessary, to enable frequent visits to the Mount Moritz centre, to cease encouraging general treatment at headquarters, but in certain eventu- alities I am satisfied that the people can readily be attracted to head office for examination and treatment.