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(b) Anti-Typhoid campaign
Area of Activity Population covered DDT used (lbs.)
Provincial centres, districts, and villages 2,277,000 307,800
(c) Anti-Tuberculosis campaign
Radiographed and tuberculin tested ... 16,996
B.C.G. vaccinated ... 2,123
Treated in hospitals, etc. ... 1,498
Treated in their homes ... 190
(d) Smallpox vaccinations ... 849,000
(e) Number of out-patients at hospitals and poli-clinics 860,216
Patients admitted to hospitals and treated ... 9,792
C. NEW MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED
Laboratories ... 12
X-ray equipment ... 9
Dental surgeries ... 9
THE MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN KABUL
THE Maternity Hospital was established in 1951. At first it had only six beds, but within the year this number was increased to 35. By 1955 it had risen to 65, and continues as such to date.
The hospital is divided into two sections, internal and outpatients. The internal section is further divided into Maternity and Gynæcology. There are five outpatient sections, known as Policlinics, in Kabul where pregnant women are examined every fifteen days until the time of birth; for which event the patient is either admitted into hospital or remains at home under the supervision of hospital personnel.
The hospital authority also supervises a Midwifery Course, founded on the 15th December, 1951, from which there have been 62 graduates so far.
The average yearly number of patients admitted into the Maternity Hospital is 1,600. There have been 1,500 natural births and 125 Caesarian operations last year. Around 310 patients have given birth to their children at home, under the supervision of hospital midwives. The number of patients treated in the Policlinics during the year is as follows :
(i) Shahrara Policlinic: new patients, 1,596; former patients, 5,378; new gynæcological cases, 775; former gynæcological cases, 480.
(ii) Central Policlinic: new patients, 774; former patients, 2,232.
(iii) Maiwand Wat Policlinic: new patients, 1,193; former patients, 2,783.
(iv) Chaman Policlinic: new patients, 967; former patients, 2,859.
(v) Shershahmaina Policlinic: new patients, 784; former patients, 2,329.
The number of people using the facilities of the Maternity Hospital is increasing constantly. Gone are the days when they preferred unqualified midwives and had their children delivered at home in conditions far from hygienic.
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