Methodological Considerations.- A. The Land and its Inhabitants.- I. Fundamentals of Physical Geography.- II. Demographic Basis.- III. Fundamentals of Settlement Geography.- IV. Fundamentals of Economic Geography.- V. Transport and Tourism.- B. Health Services in Kenya.- C. The Diseases of the Country.- Introduction: Source, Material, and Methods.- D. Economic and Socio-geographical Classification and the Patterns of Health Services and of Disease Occurrence.- 1. African Peasant and Pastoral Societies.- 2. Class Societies.- Conclusions.- Annex.- References.- Illustrations.- Annex: Tables.- Table I: Population according to tribes.- Table II: Small farms and settlement schemes — Estimated crop areas by rains cycle.- Table III: Large farms — Land utilization 1974.- Table IV: Quantiry and value of fish landed — selected years 1966 – 1972 and projected for 1978 —.- Table V: Visitor days in Kenya by country of residence of visitors and purpose of visit, 1971, 1972, 1978.- Table VI: Details on “Estimates of Recurrent Expenditures on Health” by the Ministry of Health.- Table VII: “Estimates of Recurrent Expenditures” of the Governmen t of Kenya 1968/69 1973/74.- Table VIII: Hospital and hospital-bed-ratio per province in relation to areas and population to be covered, Kenya, 1970.- Table IX: Health centres and dispensaries by operating agency and province, 1970, and health centre — dispensary — population ratio per province.- Table X: The present strength of medical officers in Government hospitals, 1974.- Table XI: Relative frequency of 4 helminths from stool examinations in 54 hospital laboratories in Kenya from “Annual Laboratory Returns” 1958 – 1973 (cumulative) grouped by hospitals with similar frequency distribution pattern.- Table XII:Schistosoma haematobium findings from urine examinations in 54 hospital laboratories in Kenya from “Annual Laboratory Returns” 1958 – 1973, cumulative, grouped by hospitals with similar frequency distribution pattern of intestinal helmin ths.- Table XIII: Summary of results of examinations of school children in some districts of Kenya.- Table XIV: Gross domestic product by industrial origin for 1964 and 1974.- Figures.- Fig. 2. Population of Nairobi by sex and tribe, 1969.- Fig. 3. Population of Mombasa by sex and tribe, 1969.- Fig. 4. Hospital catchment area after.- Fig. 5. Trypanosomiasis, 1950 – 1972.- Fig. 6. Kala azar, 1945 – 1972.- Fig. 7. Tick ryphus, 1950 – 1970.- Fig. 8. Relapsing fever, 1950 – 1972.- Fig. 9. Tuberculosis vaccinations, 1962 – 1973.- Fig. 10. Smallpox, 1942 – 1972.- Fig. 11. Meningococcal meningitis, 1951 – 1972.- Fig. 12. Poliomyelitis, 1945 – 1972.- Fig. 13. Typhoid fever, 1945 – 1972.- Fig. 14. Anthrax, 1950 – 1972.- 1 Clinical Malaria.- 2 Meningococcal Meningitis.- 3 Hepatitis.- 4 Brucellosis.- 5 Pulmonary Tuberculosis.- 6 Acute Poliomyelitis.- 7 Tetanus.- 8 Anthrax.- Maps.- Map No. 1 Topography 1 : 2,000,000.- Map No. 2 Mean Annual Precipitation.- Map No. 3 Climatology.- Map No. 3a Ecological Zones.- Map No. 4 Distribution of Population.- Map No. 4a Ethnic Differentiation.- Map No. 5 Economic and Socio-Geographical Classification.- Map No. 6 Health Facilities.- Map No. 6a Health Services Density.- Map No. 7 Vector-borne Diseases: Bancroftian Filariasis — Leishmaniasis — Malaria — Onchocerciasis — Sleeping Sickness.- Map No. 8 Intestinal Helminths Relative Frequency and Geographical Distribution of Intestinal Helminths.- Map No. 9a Kwashiorkor, Measles, and Anaemias.
