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

  • Nairobi (Kenya). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / Nairobi Municipality. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 12 Causes of Infant Deaths (From One Month to One Year) Cause Europeans Asians Africans Totals. & Others International J,ist. Number 6. Cerebro Spinal Meningitis ... — — 1 1 9. Whooping Cough — — 1 1 10. Diphtheria — 1 1 2 13. Tuberculosis —' — 4 4 27. Dysentery Bacillary — 1 — 1 28. Malaria — 1 2 3 28. Cerebral Malaria — 1 1 2 30. Congenital Syphilis — — 1 1 33. Influenza — 1 — 1 69. Kwashiokor — — 1 1 73. Anaemia — — 2 2 79. Unspecified Poisoning — — 1 1 81. Meningitis unspecified — — 2 2 ■ 86. Convulsions — 2 —- 2 103. Telangiectasis 1 — — 1 105. Trachectomy — — 1 1 106. Bronchitis — 1 2 3 107. Broncho Pneumonia — 11 50 61 108. Lobar Pneumonia — — 2 2 109. Pneumonia undefined — 7 18 25 110. Empyaema — — 1 1 119. Diarrhoea — 6 9 15 119. Enteritis — — 2 2 119. Entero Colitis — 2 — 2 119. Gastro Enteritis — 20 18 38 122. Strangulation of Bowel 1 — — 1 123. Acute Intestinal Obstruction — — 1 1 124. Cirrhosis of Liver — — 1 1 127. Catarrhal Jaundice — 1 — 1 130. Acute Nephritis — — 2 2 153. Dermatitis — 1 — 1 157. Congenital Heart Disease — 1 >— 1 158. Marasmus — 2 10 12 158. Congenital Debility — 5 — 5 159. Prematurity — 4 2 6 160. Convulsions — — 1 1 181. Burns — — 1 1 182. Suffocation — — 1 1 200. Multiple Bites — 1 — 1 200. Undefined — — 7 7 200. Pyrexia of unknown origin — 1 8 9