Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1947]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / CEYLON SESSIONAL PAPERS, 1948, APPENDIX C. REPORT OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1947. CONTENTS. Statistical Summary Introductory Remarks General Sanitation THE ROYAL SOCIETY for the Promotion OF HEALTH LIBRARY I. Meteorology II. Population III. Births IV. Deaths Part I. Statistics. V. Principal Causes of Deaths VI. Infant Mortality VII. Infectious Diseases VIII. Maternal Mortality Part II. Administration IX. Municipal Dispensaries X. Maternity and Child Welfare XI. Markets XII. Dairies XIII. Eating-houses XIV. Food Inspection XV. Laundries XVI. Lavatories XVII, Disinfection and Cleansing XVIII. Staff Changes Annexures. A. —Report of the City Microbiologist. B. —Report of the City Analyst. C. —Report of the Medical Officer, Maternity and Child Welfare. D. —Report of the Special Officer, Chest Diseases, Statistical Summ.4ry, 1947. Mean temperature Mean humidity Rainfall ... Average rainfall for the last 10 years Area within M. C. limits exclusive of lake Population at Census of March 19, 1946 ... Estimated mean population, 1947 ... Average density per acre Number of live births registered Birth-rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) Birth-rate corrected for non-residents Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 births ... Maternal mortality rate corrected for non-residents Number of infantile deaths Infant mortality rate per 1,000 births Infant mortality rate corrected for non-residents Percentage of infantile deaths to total mortality Number of stillbirths Stillbirth rate per 1,000 births, live and still Number of deaths Crude death-rate per 1,000 population Death-rate corrected for non-residents 80*6°F. 78 percent. 90*68 inches 87*90 inches 8,317 acres 355,374 362,230 43*5 17,765 49*0 33*6 15*7 8*9 2.162 122 117 25*9 702 38*0 8,327 23*0 14*2