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:
[1959]
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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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    (l) Vital Statistics continued. SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DE^TH (Classified into groups and expressed as Percentage of all deaths). RESIDENTS ONLY European Native Coloured Asiatic Tuberculosis 2 : 0.7$ 14 : 6.3$ 0 : 0% 3 : 2$ Syphilis & other Venereal Diseases 1 : 0.3$ 0 : 0$ 0 : C$ 0 : C$ Diseases attributable to Viruses 1 : 0.3$ 4 : 1.8$ 0 : C$ 1 : 0.7$ Infectious disease of intestinal tract and other bacterial diseases 3 : 1.<* 5 : 2.2$ 0 : C$ 3 : 2$ i Malignant Neoplasms i I 26 : 8.8J 6 : 2.7$ 0 : C$ 6 : 4$ Diabetes 3 : l.(% 0 : C$ 1 : 4.8$ 1 : 0.7/S Vascular lesions affecting C.N.S. 32 ::10.8f. 5 : 2 0 : C$ 9 : 6$ Cardiac Diseases and other diseases of Circulatory System 101 : 34$ 14 : 6.3$ 1 : 4.8$ 23 : 15.3$ Respiratory Diseases (n on-tuber cu1ous) 34 : 11.4$ 44 : 19.6$ 3 : 14.3$ 23 : 15.3$ Gastro-onteritis and Colitis (age 4 weeks and over) 0 : C$ 40 : 17.9$ 1 : 4.8$ 8 : 5.3$ , Other diseases of Digestive System 8 : 2.7$ 3 : 1.3$ 0 : C$ 3 : 2$ Nephritis and Nephrosis 0 : C$ 2 : 0.9$ 0 : C$ | 3:2$ Congenital Malformations 0 : C$ 0 : C$ 0 : C$ 1 : 0,7/S » Certain diseases of* early infancy ( 12 : 4$ 27 : 12.1$ 2 : 9.5$ 14 : 9.3$ » Senility 39 : 13.1$ j 28 : 12.5$ 10 : 47.6$ 28 : 18.7$ } 1 Accidents, violence, poisoning. 17 : 5.7$ 11 s 4.9$ 2 : 9.5$ 15 : 1C$ Other causes 18 : 6.1$ 21 : 9.4$ 1 : 4.7$ 9 : 6$ TOTAL DEATHS : 297 : 224 : 21 : 150 :