Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.

  • Johannesburg (South Africa)
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH. The causes of and ages at death and the local distribution are analysed in the usual Tables A to D for “ Whites,” “ Natives,” “ Eurafricans ” and “ Asiatics ” respectively. For reasons of economy, these voluminous tables have not, however, been printed, but are available for inspection. FACTORS OF MORTALITY, 1931-32, 1932-33 AND 1933-34. DISEASE 1931-32 1932 -33 1933-34 DISEASE | 1 1931-32 j 1932-33 1933-34 Deaths j Rates Deaths Rates Deaths Rates . | Death s | Rates Deaths i 1 1 Fates Deaths Rates W. 22 0T0 18 0-08 32 0'14 W. 329 P60 342 1-13 354 1*54 N. 74 0A8 84 0-54 82 0-49 Diseases of N. 130 0-85 153 0-98 207 1-24 Enteric Fever ... E. 4 019 6 0-42 6 0-41 the Heart .. E. 26 P27 31 2-21 40 2-78 A. 1 0'12 2 0-20 2 0-19 I A. 21 2-59 12 1*22 21 2-02 W. 3 O'Ol 14 0'06 2 0009 W. 29 0*14 25 o-ii 25 0* 1 N. 7 0-04 6 0-03 6 0-03 Acute N. 163 1-04 166 P07 183 l-io Measles E. 3 0-14 3 021 1 0-06 Bronchitis ... E. 33 1-66 18 1-28 14 0-97 A. — — 1 0'10 — — A. 13 P60 16 1-60 15 1-44 W. 6 0-02 2 0-009 1 0-004 W. 65 0-34 55 0-25 71 0-31 N. _ _ _ — — — Chronic N. 22 0-14 21 0*13 39 0-23 Scarlet Fever ... E. — — — — — — Bronchitis ... E. 5 0-24 10 0-71 13 0-90 A. — — — — — ! A. 5 0-61 i 0-70 4 0 38 W. 11 0‘05 10 004 14 0-06 W. 319 1'55 304 1-42 300 1 - 65 Whooping: N. 19 0-12 1 0-006 12 0-07 N. 1.085 7-16 968 6-26 1,131 6-81 Cough ... E. 2 0'09 — — 1 0-06 Pneumonia .. E. 94 4-60 83 5-92 89 6-20 A. 1 0-12 — — 4 038 A. 50 6-17 62 6-20 40 386 W. If. 0-07 10 0-04 16 0'07 W. 39 0-18 33 0‘ 15 34 O'15 Diphtheria N. 2 o-oi 2 o-oi 5 0-03 N. 5 0-03 14 0-09 5 0-03 and Croup ... E. — — i 0 07 2 0-13 Silicosis E. 5 0-24 7 0-50 3 0-20 A. — — i o-io A. W. 52 025 60 0-28 41 0-18 Other W. 41 0-20 36 0*16 31 0-13 N. 26 0-16 16 010 21 0-12 Respiratory N. 38 0-25 42 0-27 25 0-15 Influenza E. — — 1 0-07 2 0 13 Diseases E. 3 0-14 1 0-07 5 0-34 A. — — 2 020 — A. 2 0-24 2 0-20 3 0-28 W. 64 031 51 0-23 63 0'28 W. 102 0-49 145 0-68 125 0-56 Tuberculosis N. 216 1-42 220 L42 223 D34 Diarrhoea and N. 489 3-22 524 3-39 772 4-65 of Lungs ... E. 17 083 20 1-42 25 1*17 Enteritis E. 53 2-59 57 4-07 61 4-25 A. 10 123 10 roo 12 1T5 A. 26 3-20 31 3-10 38 3’67 W. 7 0 03 7 0-03 6 002 Acute Nephritis W. 93 0-45 109 0-51 89 0-40 Other Forms of N. 40 026 29 018 40 0-24 and Bright's N. 54 0-35 60 0-39 71 0-42 Tuberculosis... E. O L. 0-09 2 0-14 4 027 Disease E. 5 0-24 5 0-35 F5 P04 A. — — — — — — A. 6 0-74 3 0-30 4 0-38 W. 174 0-85 219 1-02 222 LOO Congenital W. 147 0-71 156 0-73 144 0-64 N. 22 014 26 0-17 28 0-16 Malformation N. 223 P46 213 1-37 220 P32 Cancer E. 9 0-44 10 0‘71 4 0 27 Premature & E. 38 1*86 34 2-42 30 2-09 A. 3 039 5 050 6 0-51 Early Infancy A. 22 2*71 19 1-90 20 1-93 W. 27 0-13 21 0-09 23 o-io W. 131 0-64 150 0*70 161 0-72 N. 45 0-29 39 025 46 0 27 N. 334 2-20 317 2-05 411 2-47 Meningitis E. 4 0-19 5 035 5 0 34 Violent Deaths E. 19 0-93 19 P36 19 1-32 A. 2 0-24 3 0-30 — A. | 0-86 8 0-80 6 0'57 Cerebral W. 58 028 54 0-25 67 0-30 Haemorrhage N. 15 0-09 9 005 12 0-97 and Softening E. 4 0’19 6 0'42 10 0-68 A. 3 0-37 1 o-io 3 0-28 | 1 The following observations are suggested by an inspection of this table: — (1) That during 1933-34 the chief factors of mortality were: —