Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate.

  • Zanzibar. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Annual report of the Public Health Department / Zanzibar Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ZANZIBAR PROI1 INTO RATE. Report on the Public Health Division FOE THE YEAE 1917. PART I.—SANITATION. ZANZIBAE TOWN. General—For administrative purposes early in the year the town was divided into 4 districts which for convenience are known as A. B. C. and D. D. or the ’Ngambo district is separated from the other 3 districts, which are the town proper, by the Creek. The boundary between A. and B. is formed by the Sokomohogo Road and its continuations on the one side to the sea front by the Customs House and on the other to the Creek by the Stables. B and C are divided by the Iiiponda Road and its continuations respectively to the Creek by the Slaughter House and to the sea front near Captain Bardo’s house. In A District there are some 600 stone houses. It takes in the Shangani, Bhagani and Yuga quarters. The Shangani quarter is the chief residential part of the town for Europeans. There are also a number of Arab and Goan residences here. The European and Native Hospitals are in Shangani. There are a few European residences in Bhagani which is however chiefly Asiatic. Yuga is almost entire¬ ly native African or Swahili. B District, which takes in Hurumzi, Sokomohogo and Mkuna- zini is the most congested area of the town and contains some 1238 stone houses. The Government Offices and the Palace of H. H. the Sultan as well as a few European residences are in Hurumzi. The Universities’ Mission and Hospital are in Mkunazini. B District is essentially Asiatic and largely consists of Indian Bazaar. Most of the Cow-sheds in the town are in this district, also the Public Markets and Slaughter House. C District, which takes in Malindi, Kokoni and Eunguni con¬ tains some 626 stone houses. The population here is a particularly mixed one. The Shark Market is situated in Malindi whilst in Kokoni we find hide curers and dealers, pottery workers, lime burners and cattle and goat lairies. The dhow anchorage is off Malindi where a large portion of their cargo is landed. After discharging, the dhows are careened on the Malindi and Eunguni beach for repairs. The possibility of infected rats being brought by these dhows from such ports as Bombay and obtaining an easy footing in this district peopled as it is with a cosmopolitan community of dirty habits is a