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

  • Nairobi (Kenya). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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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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    The proportions of stillbirths to total births for the races were as under . RESIDENTS. V----- Race. Births. Stillbirths'. Percentage to births. European ... • • • 78 1 1.2 Goan . . . 53 2 3-7 Indian . . . 220 22 10.0 Natives . . . 321 17 5.2 Others 10 2 20.0 Total 682 44 6.4 NON-RESIDENTS. Race. Births. Stillbirths. Percentage to births. European ,.. 45 1 2.2 Goan 3 . . -• 0.0 Indian 18 1 5-5 Native 169 26 U5-3 Others — . . - . . . - Total . 235 28 11.9 9. DEATHS. Unless otherwise stated, the following statistics refer to residents of Nairobi only, including the prison population. They have been corrected for outward* transfers but not for inward transfers. Rates have been calculated according to the estimated population for 1936. The total number of deaths reported in Nairobi during the year was 1,164, equivalent to a crude death rate for all races of 23.29 per thousand persons compared with a rate of 19.78 for 1935. The number of deaths from all causes among persons stated to be normally resident in Nairobi was 796, equivalent to a recorded death rate for all races of 15.92 per thousand persons, compared with 13.90 for 1935 and 14.86 for 1934. Of the 796 deaths among residents, 511 were of males and 285 were of females. 294 or 36.9% of the deaths were of infants of one year and under. 50 deaths occurred among Europeans, 28 male and 22 female, equivalent to a rate of 8.92 per thousand persons of that race. 259 deaths occurred among Asiatics, 154 male and 105 female, equivalent to a rate of 16.18 per thousand persons of that race. 487 deaths occurred among Natives and other races, 329 males and 158 females, equivalent to a rate of 17.39 Per thousand persons.