Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

  • Cape Town (South Africa). City Health Department.
Date:
[1923]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is interesting to compare the Infant Mortality of the separate Wards into which the City is divided, and for that purpose I have prepared the following Table. An inspection of this Table shows that the Infant varies thus : — Mortality for Europeans 44 -78 in Ward 5 47 -62 in Ward 4 50 -85 in Ward 1 61 -54 in Ward 12 63 -38 in Ward 6 63 -83 in Ward 2 68-96 in Ward 11 (Park). (Kloof). (Sea Point). (Rondebosch). (East Central). (Harbour). (Maitland). 76 -92 in Ward 78 -65 in Ward 94 -12 in Ward 101 -93 in Ward 105 -60 in Ward 110-24 in Ward 138 -89 in Ward 10 (Mowbray). 13 (Claremont). 14 (Kalk Bayb 8 (Woodstock). 9 (Salt River). 7 (Castle). 3 (West Central. The range of the Non-European population \^as ;— 47 -62 in Ward 1 109 -59 in Ward 5 132 -87 in Ward 4 171 -10 in Ward 8 177 -21 in Ward 13 187 -80 in Ward 7 192 -05 in Ward 6 (Sea Point). (Park). (Kloof). (Woodstock). (Claremont). (Castle). (East Central). 194-97 in Ward 206 -28 in Ward 222 -22 in Ward 226 -09 in Ward 229 -63 in Ward 234 -41 in Ward 253 -56 in Ward 14 (Kalk Bay). 3 (West Central) 2 (Harbour). 11 (Maitland). 10 (Mowbray). 12 (Rondebosch). 9 (Salt River),