Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / Nairobi Municipality.

  • Nairobi (Kenya). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / Nairobi Municipality. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The natural increase for Europeans works out at 6.1 per 1,000 persons, for Asians at 16.1 per 1,000 persons, and for Africans at 0.5 per 1,000 persons. It should be noted that this is the first occasion that the births have exceeded the deaths among Africans. The natural increase for all races of 5.3 per thousand persons shows a marked increase over last year’s figure of 1.80. Stillbirths. The following table gives figures relating to the incidence of stillbirths. As. in former years a considerable difference between the figures for residents and non-residents is noted. STILLBIRTHS. Resident. Non-Resident. Still- Percentage Still- Percentage Race, Births. births. to births. Births. births. to births. European 85 — 0.0% 46 1 2.1% Asian 497 17 3.4% 33 — 0.0% African and others .. 440 28 6.3% 291 38 13.0% 8. DEATHS. Unless otherwise stated the following statistics refer to residents of Nairobi,, including the prison population and Mathari Hospital. Figures have been corrected for outward but not for inward transfers. Rates have been calculated on the estimated population for 1939. The total number of deaths reported in Nairobi during the year was 1,005, equiva¬ lent to a crude death rate for all races of 15.33 per thousand persons, com¬ pared with a rate of 19.96 for 1938. The number of deaths from all causes among persons stated to be normally resident in Nairobi was 627, equivalent to a recorded death rate for all races of 9.56 per thousand persons compared with 13.93 for 1938. Of the 627 deaths among residents, 416 were of males and 211 of females. 177 or 28.2% of the deaths were of infants under one year of age. 43 deaths occurred among Europeans, 30 being males and 13 females, equivalent to a rate of 6.32 per thousand persons of that race. 195 deaths occurred among the Asian community, 102 being males and 93 females, equivalent to a rate of 11.01 per thousand persons of that race. 389 deaths occurred among Africans and other races, 284 being males and 105 females, equivalent to a rate of 9.48 per thousand persons. DEATHS BY RACE AND SEX. 1939. White. Indian. Goan. African. Somali. Arab. Nubian. Seychellois. d in in b < Japanese. Total, Resident : M. ... 30 94 8 275 5 2 2 416 F. 13 87 6 101 1 — — 2 — 1 211 Total .. 43 181 14 376 6 2 — 4 — 1 627 Non-Resident M. ... 7 6 213 1 l 228 F. ... 1 4 — 144 — — 1 — — — 150 Total .. 8 10 -—- 357 1 — 1 — l — 378