| Approximately a third of cases of dysentery were classified amoebic, a third as bacillary and the rest remained undifferentiated. |
| Typhus cases shot through the roof, as did diphtheria, relapsing fever, dysentery, cholera and so on. |
| Acute bacillary dysentery is characterized accompanied by fever, abdominal cramps and tenesmus. |
| The biggest health problems are tuberculosis, venereal diseases, malaria, trachoma, typhoid fever, and dysentery. |
| Diseases such as malaria were endemic, while blackwater fever, dengue fever, dysentery, yaws, and hookworms were a constant scourge. |
| Although blood in the stool suggests invasive disease, fever is not a sensitive indicator of dysentery. |
