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

  • Nairobi (Kenya). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / Nairobi Municipality. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL RAINFALL. Year. Inches. Year. Inches. Year. Inches. 1897 ... 27.5 1911 ... 41.49 1925 ... 27.83 1898 ... 28.1 1912 ... 56.01 1926 .... 33.25 1899 ... 27.5 1913 ... 31.04 1927 ... 24.86 1900 ... 44.3 1914 ... 42.18 1928 ... 28.91 1901 ... 40.7 1915 ... 28.88 1929 ... 36.50 1902 ... 32.9 1916 ... 43.59 1930 ... 58.88 1903 ... 40.7 1917 ... 51.44 1931 ... 39.58 1904 ... 26.9 1918 ... 23.05 1932 ... 39.85 1905 ... 59.3 1919 ... 38.74 1933 ... 22.68 1906 ... 46.7 1920 ... 51.19 1934 ... 23.12 1907 ... 41.98 ... 1921 ... 18.49 1935 ... 31.24 1908 ... 27.90 ... - 1922 ... 37.28 1936 ... 30.87 1909 ... 29.02 ... 1923 ... 56.22 1937 ... 52.85 1910 ... 25.64 ... 1924 ... 26.72 1938 ... 28.16 1939 ... 24.46 Records for the years 1897 to 1906 are relatively accurate only. 5, POPULATION. Race. -^ Population. European 6,800 Asian 17,700 African and others 41,000 Total . 65.500 The population of Nairobi as at December 31st, 1939, has been estimated at 65,500, compared with 65,000 for the previous year. Europeans are estimated to have increased by 300 and Africans by 1,000, whilst the Asian community is estimated to have decreased by 800. Owing to the disturbance due to war conditions, there were large fluctua¬ tions towards the end of the year, especially in regard to Asians leaving the country and to Africans temporarily leaving the town for their reserves. 6. MARRIAGES. The following marriages were celebrated in Nairobi during 1939. The figures are not corrected for persons habitually resident in Nairobi. British ... ... 110 French ... ... 2 Swedish ... ... 2 Danish ... ... 1 Swiss ... ... 1 Norwegian ... ... 1 Dutch ... ... 1 Polish ... ... 1 Czechoslovakian ... 1 German ... ... 15 Indian ... ... 3 Goan ... ... 8 Seychellois . 3 149