Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
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[1950]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    superiority over other treatment, where they can achieve a marked reduction of mortality or duration of ill-health, and where they can he used under expert medical supervision. One thousand grammes of streptomycin (at Shs. 3 per gramme) were imported, and 150 grammes of chloramphenicol (at Shs. 15 per gramme). One of the earliest reports on the outstanding value of aureomycin in the treatment of trachoma came from the ophthal- mological clinic at Mulago Hospital. The growing number of new and powerful therapeutic remedies intro¬ duced over the past fifteen years has rendered superfluous many traditional remedies. A revision of the Uganda Pharmacopoeia was completed during the year, as part of a drive to provide more suitable standards of drugs and equipment for Government hospitals. In accordance with a recommendation of U.N.O., the importation of heroin has ceased. As a result of the decision to eliminate all but the most essential preparations, it has been possible to reduce the number of orderlies employed on manufacturing processes in the central Medical Store. Among the preparations no longer being manufactured is local starch. Some trends ire shown by comparison of production in 1950 with earlier years. Table 27 Summary of preparations manufactured Average 1945-8 1949 1950 Decreases— Starch, Local lb. L138 580 Injection Bismuth Oxide Increases— litres 1,412 1,661 979 Spray, D.D.T. • • • 938 4>975 5*236 Spray, Gammexane ... 9 9 . . • . . • 282 Emetine Hydrochloride injection ... 99 22 23 36 Hydnocarpus oil injection ... . . , 465 I>47° 2,708 Ointments ... lb. 25,580 12,484 24,827 Many articles and ingredients have risen in price during the year, the most prominent being— Table 28 Percentage Present price increase \ Blue blankets 0/ /o 131 Each Shs. 60. Lint, plain ... 48 Lb. Shs. 7/67. Elastoplast bandages ... 53 Doz. Shs. 39. Mepacrine tablets 140 1,000 Shs. 13/33- Glucose 65 Lb. Shs. 2/33. increasing difficulty has been experienced in obtaining early delivery of materials from the United Kingdom.