Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia.

  • Southern Rhodesia. Department of Health.
Date:
[1926]
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Credit: Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Health on Mines .—The number of employers rendering labour returns at the 31st December was as follows:— 1924 1925 1926 Mashonaland ... . . 222 156 138 Matabeleland ... , . 218 186 172 The average size of properties at the 31st December, 1926, is indicated by the following table:— 1925 1926 Mine employing 2,000 natives and over 2 9 hJ 9 9 9 9 1,500 3 3 ) 9 9 9 1,000 4 5 9 9 9 9 500 6 5 9 9 9 9 400 „ 9 hJ 1 9 9 9 9 300 5 3 9 9 9 9 200 6 12 9 9 9 9 100 38 41 9 9 9 9 50 „ 72 66 9 9 9 9 9ft ** ^ 9 9 9 9 73 60 9 9 ,, Tinder 25 natives . 131 112 Tlie following’ table shows the number of cases of sickness, number of deaths, case mortality per cent., sickness incidence per 1,000 per annum employed, and death rate per 1,000 per annum, amongst natives employed on mines in Southern Rhodesia during the year 1926: — Daily Average Number Employed, Jf.1,671. Disease. Total sick. Total deaths. Case mortality per cent. Sickness incidence rate per mille per annum employed. Death rate per mille per annum employed. Malaria 5,110 43 .84 122.61 1.03 Scurvy 84 3 3.57 2.02 .07 Syphilis 533 8 1.50 12.79 .19 Pneumonia ... 1,595 250 15.70 38.28 6.00 Phthisis 100 47 47.00 2.40 1.13 Other diseases of the chest 2,909 22 .76 69.81 .53 Dysentery 167 11 6.59 4.01 .26 Diarrhoea 337 1 .30 8.09 .02 Other intestinal diseases 188 28 14.90 4.51 .67 Heart disease 44 24 54.54 1.06 .58 Debility 174 8 4.60 4.18 .19 Influenza 5,175 46 .89 124.20 1.10 Other diseases 3,283 107 3.26 78.78 2.57 Minor ailments 9,184 ... • « • 220.40 ... Accidents, major 265 91 34.34 6.36 2 18 „ minor 9,804 ... ... 235.26 Totals 38,952 689 1.76 934.80 16.53