Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
Date:
[1953]
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Credit: Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4—DEVELOPMENT 15. Under the Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme, three Government Health Centres were completed at Pendembu, York and Waterloo. Two Native Administration Health Centres were completed at Zimi and Koribundu. One Government Health Centre is under construction at Sembehun. Quarters for stalf have been completed at one Government Centre and three Native Administration Centres and quarters at the second Government Centre are under construction. Plans and estimates were approved for the building of hospitals at Lungi, Magburaka, Kenema and Woama and for a tuberculosis hospital at Murray Town. The supply of water was found to be inadequate at Murray Town and the possibility of utilising the Lakka Infectious Diseases Hospital is under consideration. 16. A plan for the extension of the Mental Hospital at Kissy has been completed but consideration of the approval of this scheme will have to be deferred until the following year. 5— LEGISLATION 17. Public Notice No. 13/1953—The Public Health (Protectorate) Ordinance—Cap. 191. Public Notice No. 37/1953—The Animals Diseases Ordinance—Cap. 13. Public Notice No. 40/1953—The Public Health (Amendment) Ordinance—1946 Public Notice No. 42/1953—The Dogs Ordinance—Cap. 67. Public Notice No. 71/1953—The Dogs Ordinance—Cap. 67. Public Notice No. 76/1953—The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance—Cap. 58. Public Notice No. 109/1953—The Dogs Ordinance—Cap. 67. Public Notice No. 119/1953—The Animals Diseases Ordinance—Cap. 13. 6— VITAL STATISTICS 18. The registration of births and deaths in Freetown and in the Colony is compulsory. The following tables give comparative statements:— Births 1951 1952 1953 District M. F. Total M. F. Total M. F. Total Freetown . , .. 1,346 1,314 2,660 1,370 1,279 2,649 1,544 1,509 3,053 Rest of Colony • • .. 929 872 1,801 938 948 1,886 941 948 1,889 Total .. • • .. 2,275 2,186 4,461 2,308 2,227 4,535 2,485 2,457 4,942 Deaths 1951 1952 1953 District M. F. Total M. F. Total M. F. Total Freetown • • .. 758 656 1,414 865 716 1,581 815 678 1,493 Rest of Colony • • .. 833 614 1,447 789 664 1,453 730 621 1,351 Total • • .. 1,591 1,270 2,861 1,654 1,380 3,034 1,545 1,299 2,844 19. Infant Mortality.—Out of 3,053 live births in Freetown, 355 deaths under one year were registered, giving an Infant Mortality rate of 116.2 per 1,000. The figures for the past seven years are:— 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 182 159 158 148 119 143 116 Of the 355 deaths under one year 64 per cent died during the first month of fife. 20. Registration in the Protectorate remained voluntary except for the compulsory registration in six chiefdoms and this now completes their third year of compulsory registration. The figures for the registrations of births and deaths in these chiefdoms are:— Chiefdoms M. BIRTHS F. Total M. DEATHS F. Total Nongowa 372 355 727 284 301 585 Kaiyamba 22 12 34 7 1 8 8 33 Nimi Koro 22 22 44 25 Jawi 26 34 60 47 29 76 Magbema 52 38 90 21 15 36 Jong 117 114 231 100 82 182 Total • • 611 575 1,186 484 436 920