Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg.

  • Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1944]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    :7r (1) Vital Statistics continued. SUMMARY . OF CAUSES OF DEATH (Classified into groups and expressed as Percentage of all deaths) RESIDENTS ONLY T j European Acute Exanthemata Tuberculosis (All forms) I ~ s - 3 : 1.3# Syphilis Other Parasitic & Infectious Diseases Cancer 7 s 3*0# i | 37 ! 14.5$ j Cerebral Haemorrhage? j Thrombosis and Embolism 11 : 4*6# j 3 4 2 Cardiac Diseases and Other Diseases of Circulatory System Respiratory Disease (Non-Tuberculous) l 87 : 36.7$ 23 : 9. Enteritis and Diarrhoea (under 2 years.) j 3 : 1.3# Nephritis Congenital Malformations and diseases of early infancy Deaths from Violence Other Causes o • J * 1.3% 9 : 3 *o-jo ' l' ’9 : 3.8$ ■i - : 20,1,$ Coloured Asiatic 19 : 12.6# j 5 : 10.3# .0# 1 3 2.1# 6.2# 1 o# I 6 l7 0.7# 1 7 2,1# ! 10 24 s 15.9# i * 38 : 2$,2$ i \ 13 : 3.6 $ 4 : 2,6 9 : 18.5$ 6 : 12.4$* B 2.1$ 6.2$ 15..* -.9.9 $ 3' * -2.0 'OTAL 237 - 115=3 df. /o 1 * 3 : 9 : 18 v. , •* 3;' : 6.2$ - I 15.4$ 151 49 149 0.7$ 17 s 11.4$ ts> 4,0$ 6.7$ 28 : 18 23 : 15.4$ 12 : 8,1$ 4 : 2.7$ 17 : 11.4$ 4 ; 2.7$ - : 18.1$