38. Blindness in one eye, muntelele; occasionally found.
39. Ganglion on back of hand and wrist, etai.
40. Deafness, lōko; very seldom noticed.
41. Dumbness, mbubu. I never met with a case, but the fact that a word is known for it shows that the complaint is occasionally to be found among the people.
42. Venereal diseases, lisabu.
Note 6.—On Health of White Men on the Congo
Perhaps the following statistics respecting the health of white people on the Congo will interest the reader. I have kept careful notes during the last thirty years, and the figures may be accepted as accurate. The figures refer only to Missionaries of the Baptist Missionary Society.
One hundred and ten men have joined the Mission since its inception in 1878 until December 31st, 1911.
| Of these: died | 38 |
| Left for various reasons (not through health) | 8 |
| Left through personal health | 15 |
| Left through wife’s health | 6 |
| —— | |
| 67 | |
| Still in active service. | 43 |
| —— | |
| Total | 110 |
| Died during first year on the Congo | 13 |
| Died during second year on the Congo | 3 |
| Died during third year on the Congo | 7 |
| Died during fourth year on the Congo | 3 |
| Died during fifth year on the Congo | 1 |
| Died during sixth year on the Congo | 2 |
| Died during seventh year on the Congo | 2 |
| Died during eighth year on the Congo | 1 |
| Died during ninth year on the Congo | 1 |
| Died during tenth year on the Congo | 1 |
| Died during twelfth year on the Congo | 1 |
| Died during sixteenth year on the Congo | 1 |
| Died during twenty-sixth year on the Congo | 2 |
| —— | |
| 38 |