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

  • Nairobi (Kenya). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / Nairobi Municipality. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The payment of notification fees increased from £42 in 1933 to £151 in 1934, whereas hospital fees declined from £552 to £418. Should the Council decide to take over the auxiliary health services the cost to the public health department will increase correspondingly. The total expenditure for 1934 was £1,401 or 17.6% less than the amount expended in 1929. Since 1929, the Government contribution has fallen from £6,955 to £3,273, a decrease of £3,682 or 53%, whilst the Council contribution has increased from £993 to £3,274, a difference of £2,281 or 229%. The boys engaged on anti-malarial work, although working under the supervision of the public health department, are on the pay roll of the engineering department. 4. GEOGRAPHICAL. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is situated in the highlands about 250 miles from the coast and is 330 miles by rail from Mombasa and 257 miles by rail from Kisumu on Lake Victoria. The geographical position is:—•, Latitude: 1° 16' 43 South. Longitude : 36° 50' East. Height above sea level: Prom 5,452 to 5,700 feet. Area of Municipality : 22,230 acres or approximately 34} square miles. 5. RAINFALL. The following rainfall records are from the Hill Station at 5,700 feet: Month. January February March April J une J uly August September October November December Annual Rainfall 1934. Average 28 years. Days of Rain. Average 1934. 27 years. ins. ins. 0.14 1.72 1 5 2.06 2.08 3 5 0.65 4.63 3 .. 10 2.95 8.23 12 .. 17 5.75 5.25 .. 19 .. 16 2.15 1.50 .. 12 8 1.54 0.72 .. 10 5 0.37 0.96 6 6 0.03 1.16 1 6 2.62 2.15 9 8 3.05 4.80 .. 11 .. 14 1.81 2.74 9 .. 10 23.12 35.94 ., 96 .. 110 Very little rain fell in Nairobi during 1934; in fact it constituted the fourth lowest rainfall for the 38 years since records have been available.