Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia.

  • Southern Rhodesia. Department of Health.
Date:
[1940]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of European Deaths, 1936-40. 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 Total Percentage of Total Deaths 1. Cancer .. 65 71 50 54 52 292 10-44 2. Violence (all forms) .. 50 60 59 46 46 261 9-33 3. Heart Diseases.. 83 87 83 77 81 411 14-70 4. Pneumonia and Bronchitis .. 23 27 48 46 58 202 7-22 5. Malaria and Blackwater fever 32 66 57 37 66 258 9-23 6. Nervous diseases 28 42 20 23 32 145 5-19 7. Premature birth and diseases of early infancy 47 33 30 36 33 179 6-40 8. Tuberculosis (all forms) 13 13 10 3 4 43 1-54 9. Influenza 7 8 14 25 9 63 2-23 10. Diarrhoea and enteritis 12 9 10 8 4 43 1-54 11. Old age 4 14 11 8 14 51 1-82 12. Enteric fever .. 2 5 5 4 2 18 0-64 13. Diphtheria 6 4 3 6 6 25 0-89 14. Dysentery 5 3 2 2 2 14 0-50 15. Whooping cough 1 2 3 1 — 7 0-27 16. Measles — 2 — 3 1 6 0-21 17. Scarlet fever -- — — — — — — 18. Other causes .. 166 151 143 157 162 779 27-85 Totals .. 544 597 548 426 572 2,797 100-00 European Maternal Deaths, 1931-40. Number Percentage Disease of Deaths of Total Puerperal sepsis 22 32-35 Accidents of pregnancy 5 7-35 Other accidents of childbirth .. 3 4-41 Puerperal haemorrhage 8 11-77 Puerperal albuminuria and Toxaemia 14 20-59 Other causes 16 23-53 Total .. .. .. .. • • • 68 100-00 European Maternal Deaths, 1938-40 : rate per 1,000 live births. 1938 1939 1940 Southern Rhodesia 2-0 2-1 2-9 England and Wales 3-1 (a) (a) Union of South Africa 3-7 («) (a)