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

  • Johannesburg (South Africa)
Date:
[1932]
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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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    PNEUMONIA. The death-rates per 1,000 from this disease are as follows:— Whites Natives Eurafricans Asiatics England and Wales 1921-22 . 0-77 2-70 1-81 2-58 091 (1921) 1922-23 . 0-45 2-26 2-49 2-58 1-07 (1922) 1923-24 . 0-68 2-73 2-38 2-42 0-87 (1923) 1924-25 . 0-71 2-82 2-31 2-86 1-00 (1924) 1925-26 . 1-06 4-42 4-71 3-03 0-95 (1925) 1926-27 . 113 4-68 6-07 5-73 0-82 (1926) 1927-28 . 1-47 5-09 4-46 5-30 0-94 (1927) 1928-29 . 1-50 5-48 3-29 7-00 0-78 (1928) 1929-30 . 1-74 7-03 4-77 7-66 1-10 (1929) 1930-31 . 1-39 7-03 4-55 5-75 0-69 (1930) 1931-32 . 1-55 746 4-60 617 — The moi tality rate for pneumonia and acute lung conditions is slightly higher than in previous years, and is still a very large factor in the death-rate of the city. MINERS’ PHTHISIS, ROCK-DRILL PNEUMONIA OR SILICOSIS. 51 deaths (41 Whites, 5 Natives and 5 Eurafricans) were registered during 1931-32, as compared with 51 (45 Whites and 6 Natives) and 52 (40 Whites, 11 Natives and 1 Eurafrican) in 1929-30 and 1930-31 respectively. ORGANIC DISEASES OF THE HEART. These heart affections include pericarditis, endocarditis, angina pectoris, valvular disease and other diseases of the circulatory system. The deaths recorded during the year 1st July, 1931, to 30th June, 1932, were 329 for Whites, as compared with 323 and 273 for the two previous years. This figure represents a rate of 1-60 per 1,000 as against 2‘26 for England and Wales in 1930. For Natives the rate was 0-85; for Eurafricans, 1-27; and for Asiatics, 2-59. DIARRHCEAL DISEASES. The following are the mortality rates per 1,000 of population for the period under notice:— Whites Natives Eurafricans Asiatics Great Towns in England and Wales 1922-23 . 0-93 1-48 344 4-43 0T9 (1922) 1923-24 . 0-68 2-09 609 3-92 0-21 (1923) 1924-25 . 0-64 2-03 5-93 4-20 0-19 (1924) 1925-26 . 0-59 2-30 5-54 2-69 0-21 (1925) 1926-27 . 0-99 3-02 4-74 311 0-21 (1926) 1927-28 . 0-59 2-32 4-67 2-96 0-15 (1927) 1928-29 . 0-63 2-52 3-00 1-42 0T6 (1928) 1929-30 . 0-65 3-33 2-72 2-53 0 17 (1929) 1930-31 . 0-78 4-10 3-10 3-87 0-13 (1930) 1931-32 . 0-49 3-22 2-59 3-20 — There is a marked decrease among all races and notably so among Europeans, the rate in their case being much the lowest in the last decade.