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20. Circular issued by Superintending Medical Officer, No. 2191, dated 10th

June, 1919.

21.

Circular issued by Superintending Medical Officer, No. 2948, dated 11th

Angust, 1919.

22. Circular issued by Superintending Medical Officer, No. 3226, dated 3rd

September, 1913.

23. Circular issued by Superintending Medical Officer, No. 2992, dated 12th

August, 1913.

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Reports on the Prevalence of Hookworm Disease-continued.

Parish and District.or Institution.

PORTLAND (cont.)—

Port Antonio (cont.)

If East Indians are resident

to any extent.

Is the disease Increasingl

Number of Ossos seen in 1910-1911.

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Bemarks.

1.

EXTRACT BROM ANNUAL REPORT OF SUPERINTENDINg Medical OFFICER FOR YEAR ENDED 31st March, 1911.

Hookworm Disease.

Herewith are appended returns from the various Medical Officers attached to the Department on the prevalence of the above disease, as well as a very interesting report from Dr. Grabham, Medical Officer in charge of the General Penitentiary.

Hookworm disease is evidently much more prevalent than has been generally supposed not only among East Indians, but also among the creole population, and many cases of anæmia which might be attributed to malaria will, in future, be found to be due to hookworm disease.

The Medical Officer in charge of the Spanish Town Prison has been asked to systematically examine prisoners admitted therein, with a view of finding out whether they harbour the worms or not.

Since making a routine examination of prisoners the latter officer states that he is of opinion that fully 50 per cent. harbour the worm.

Reports on the Prevalence of Hookworm Disease.

Buff Bay

Yes

Probably the

2

contrary.

Hope Bay

Yes

Has verified

no cases.

ST. MARY-

Annotto Bay

Yes

More cases

20 to 30

Been this

Richmond

Yea

year, Thinks not

6 or 8

If East Indiana

Parish and District or Institution.

are resident

to any extent.

Is the disosNƏ increasing?

Number of

clem seen in 1910-1911.

Remarks.

Port Maria...

KINGSTON-

Kingston

---

Public Hospital Penitentiary ST. ANDREW— Stony Hill...

Lower St. Andrew

Gordon Town

ST. THOMAS-

Morant Bay Plantain River. Hagley Gap

PORTLAND→→

***

...

Z ZZ Z

Dr. Gifford states that he has met

with no cases.

Gayle

Yes

No

Thinks not

Caunot say

4

2

No

0

No

=

Endemic

20 or 30

Bee Dr. Grabham's separate report.

Dr. Tarton states that the disease is

endemic and exists all over the district.

ST. ANN--

Moneague ...

봉명

No

Not known

0

to exist.

Cave Valley

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No

Not known

No

to exist. Thinks not

3 or 4

No

Not known

to exist.

Yes

No

1

Garden

Yes

No

2 at most

Bt. Ann's Bay

No

Thinks not

2

No

Not known

0

(c) 99 per cent. of anemia cases

existing among Coolies are due to this worm;

(d) he has in past time found ova

in the stools of Creole patients

from Nonsuch and Barridale in the Cooper's Hill district; (e) the coloured Creole population

seem less resistent to the disease than are the black Creole popu- lation, as he has ouly found ova in the stools of the former;

he has not seen the disease among Creole patients during the year under review;

(g) thymol is administered as a routine treatment to all admis- sions to hospital whose symptoms

are at all suggestive of hook- worm disease.

Dr. Clarke states that he thinks that

the disease is more prevalent than

is supposed to be the case, but that

he has not verified the diagnosis of any of the cases he suspected to be suffering from the diseases.

Dr. Ritchie states that in his district the disease is chiefly met with among East Indians. Dr. Malabre states that the disease exists mostly among East Indians and that it may have been present among others whose symptoms were not sufficiently pronounced as to lead to an examination of the stools. (No hospital exista in this district. Ed.)

Dr. W. G. Farquharson states that his

cases were East Indians. Dr. Lecesne states that characteristic ova have been found in 2 cases and that he has been unable to obtain a specimen of the worm, so cannot describe the variety. (No hospital exists in this district. Ed.)

Dr. Hargreaves states that several cases of progressive anæmia exist among the poor white children in his district, but that he has been unable to find ova in their stools. Dr. Joslen appends a list of those seen for the year 1910-11 and for several years previously:

1906-2.

to exist.

Port Antonio

Yes

...

No-pro-

About 100

bably de-

creasing.

Dr. Moseley states that

(a) the disease exists among the Indentured and 2nd-term Coolies, fully two-thirds of whom he thinks harbour the worm;

(b) the disease is not recognised anless a microscopical exami- nation is made of the stools;

TRELAWNY— Falmouth

Ulster Spring

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Duncans

1907-0.

1908-7.

1909-5.

1910-2:

Total-16.

222

No

Not known

0

to exist.

No

Not known

to exist

No

Not known

0

to exist.

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