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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    SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED. Disease. January. F ebruary. March. April. ct § June. r~H r—; August. September. October. November. December. Total. Malaria 22 26 44 54 76 97 99 51 22 21 9 24 545 Ac. ant. poliomyelitis .. —- 1 —• — -—- — — — — — — — 1 Anthrax. — — 1 — — ' 1 2 — — 1 — 5 Blackwater —- — — ■— — — — — 1 — — 2 3 Cerebro-spinal meningitis — — 2 — 1 4 1 4 2 1 1 2 18 Diphtheria — — 3 — 3 5 — — 1 * ‘ 2 i 14 Encephalitis lethargica — — — — — — — — l 1 o Erysipelas — — — — — — — 1 -- 1 -j Leprosy . —- — — — — 1 — — -- ■ 1 Malta fever 1 1 — — — — — 1 — — 1 4 Ophthalmia neonatorum — —■ — 1 — — — — — — — 1 Puerperal sepsis — —■ — 2 — — — — — — 1 3 Relapsing fever —■ —- — 3 1 — 1 — — — 1 6 Tuberculosis — 4 2 4 3 6 6 1 4 5 3 4 42 Typhus 2 — — —- 1 — 1 — 1 — — — 5 Typhoid ... . 2 3 4 — 3 14 16 16 8 5 8 13 92 Total ... 25 34 56 64 89 128 126 74 38 33 24 49 743 INCIDENCE AND DEATH RATES FOR NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. No. of No. of Incidence Deaths Disease. cases. deaths. per 1,000. per 1,000. Malaria 545 ... 16 ... 8.316 ... 0.244 Acute anterior poliomyelitis 1 — ... 0.015 — Anthrax 5 1 ... 0.075 ... 0.015 Blackwater fever 3 — ... 0.045 — Cerebrospinal meningitis ... 18 ... 10 ... 0.274 ... 0.152 Diphtheria 14 5 ... 0.213 ... 0.076 Encephalitis lethargica 1 1 ... 0.015 ... 0.015 Erysipelas 2 — ... 0.030 — Leprosy 1 — ... 0.015 — Malta fever 4 — ... 0.061 — Ophthalmia neonatorum 1 — ... 0.015 — Puerperal sepsis 3 2 ... 0.045 ... 0.030 Relapsing fever 6 — ... 0.091 — • Tuberculosis 42 ... 32 ... 0.640 ... 0.488 Tropical typhus 25 — ... 0.075 — Typhoid fever 92 ... 12 ... 1.403 ... 0.183