416 SANITARY CONDITIONS 



for such is not the case. There is at Nassau a well conducted hospital and 

 insane asylum, an almshouse, and a lazaretto. Through the courtesy of the 

 physician in charge, Dr. L. D. Parsons and his assistant, Dr. J. J. Culmer, I 

 was permitted to examine these institutions and to study many of the inmates. 

 According to the official report for 1902, the following diseases were treated 

 in the hospital at Nassau: 



Measles 1 



Malaria 8 



Tuberculosis 30 



Tubercular leprosy 5 



Anesthetic leprosy 4 



Primary syphilis 7 



Secondary syphilis 9 



Tertiary syphilis 15 



Alcoholism 5 



Rheumatism 15 



( Non-Malignant 7 



New Growths <,,., 



| Malignant 5 



Anemia 4 



Old age 19 



Neuritis 3 



Myelitis 3 



Apoplexy 2 



Paralysis 8 



Diseases of the eye 11 



Diseases of the ear 3 



Diseases of the nose 2 



Diseases of the circulatory system 30 



Diseases of the respiratory system, other than tuberculosis. 26 



Diseases of the digestive system 49 



Diseases of the urinary system, males 27 



Diseases of the urinary system, females 10 



Diseases of the organs of locomotion 11 



Diseases of the cellular tissue 22 



Diseases of the skin 7 



Local injuries 31 



Poisons 3 



Parasites 2 



At the end of the year the hospital had 40, the lunatic asylum 29, the alms- 

 house 40, and the lazaretto 8 inmates. (Plate LXVII and Plate LXVIII, 

 Fig. 1.) These institutions are supported at the expense of the government. 

 There are no private wards and treatment is free. Practically all of the cases 

 mentioned in the list were from the poorest class of inhabitants on the Islands, 

 and required a certificate, usually that of their minister, before they could gain 

 admission to the institution. 



