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Summary of Results of Treatment of Male In-Patient
Diseases for 1359 (1941)
DInpuh'. Total No. Cured. Improved. Not Improved. Died.
i. Asthma 12 8 2 2
2. Carditis 6 3 3
3- Dermatitis 6 5 i
Dyscntry (mostly amoebic)
4- 36 3° 3 3
5- Eyes (205).—
Trachoma 50 33 10 7
Conjunctivitis 10 6 2 1 1
Keratitis and Pannus >5 5 5 5
Iritis 6 •I 2
Claucoma
13 ‘J 2 2
Lcucoma 35 iH 11 6
Staphyloma 18 y 7 2
Trichiasis 3* 26 4 1
Cataract -‘7 25 2
6. Fractures 6 5 1
7- Hernia (inguinal) I 4
8. Injuries 1 1 8 1 2
V- Malaria and Spleen 37 35 1 1
10. Mumps 3 3
11. Piles and Fistula 8 j 74 1 3 4
12. Pneumonia 4 2 1
*3- Syphilis 21 «4 7
Gonorrhoea •3 11 2
14. Ulcer, Abscess, Boil 4 <J 36 4 5 4
>5* Miscellaneous (unclassified) 107 fX) 8 21 0
Total ... 602 442 74 62 24

PERCENTAGES OF RESULTS
Cured ••• 73*5% Improved ... 12.5% Not improved 10% Died ... 4%
Total 23 Medical.
Deaths ... 1 Surgical.
THE IN-PATIENTS
Two lists arc shown of the number admitted to the new Hospital from June 15th to the end
of the Arabic year January 27th. One list gives a brief summary of the diseases and the other
shows the results of treatment for these diseases.
It will be seen that the chief medical ailments were opthalmia, malaria, dysentery and venereal
disease. Surgically, piles and fistula-in-ano predominate, but again eye disease surpasses this
because 182 opthalmia operations were performed on in-patients. The operative side will be
discussed later. Here it is necessary to gkan from this summary what were the leading diseases
and how far they benefited from treatment.
Complete cures can be obtained in almost every case of malaria, dysentery, and venereal
disease. Those marked “improved” usually meant that they were well enough to be discharged
from the Hospital to continue treatment as an out-patient. In each of these diseases there are
specific remedies, such as quinine for malaria, emetine for dysentery and N.A.B., and 693 for
syphilis and gonorrhoea. Spectacular results are quickly obtained, and as a result patients usually
relinquish treatment before a permanent cure has been established. They arc cured for the time
being which is all that matters to them. Follow-up work is therefore extremely important, by
impressing on them the need to be seen at regular intervals after stopping treatment. Again
preventive work is more important and propaganda plays a large part. A start has been made
with malaria, but much remains to be done with the other two, and this raises big public health
problems.