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

  • Nairobi (Kenya). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1934]
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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 ... 1910 25.64 1923 56.22 1898 ... 28.1 1911 41.49 1924 26.72 1899 27.5 ... 1912 56.01 1925 27.83 1900 44.3 1913 ... 31.04 1926 33.25 1901 40.7 1914 ... 42.18 1927 24.86 1902 32.9 ... 1915 ... 28.88 1928 ... 28.91 1903 ... 40.7 1916 ... 43.59 1929 ... 36.50 1904 26.9 ... 1917 ... 51.44 1930 58.88 1905 ... 59.3 ... 1918 ... 23.05 1931 ... 39.58 1906 ... 46.7 ... 1919 ... 38.74 1932 ... 39.85 1907 ... 41.98 ... 1920 ... 51.19 1933 ... 22.68 1908 27.90 ... 1921 18.49 1934 ... 23.12 1909 29.02 ... 1922 ... 37.28 Records for the vears tj 1897 to 1906 are relatively accurate only. 6. POPULATION. The population of the Municipality of Nairobi for 1934 has been esti- mated as under: — Males. Females. Total. Europeans • • • 2,750 • • • 2,650 • • • 5,400 Asiatics • • • • 8,500 • • • 6,500 • • • 15,000 Natives and others 23,000 • • •. 4,000 ... 27,000 All races .. 34,250 ... 13,150 ... 47,400 These figures show an increase of 13.7% for the whole population com¬ pared with the estimated population for 1933. It is noted that all the races share in the increase, the European to the extent of 4.9%, the Asiatic by 12.2%, and the Native by 16.5%. 7. MARRIAGES. The following marriages were celebrated in Nairobi during 1934: — British ... ... ... ... 58 German ... ... ... ... 2 Dutch ... ... ... ... 2 Danish ... ... ... ... 1 Norwegian ... ... ... ... 1 Goan ... ... ... ... 4 68 These figures are not corrected for persons habitually resident in Nairobi. 8. BIRTHS. During 1933, the Municipal Council passed by-laws entitled “ The Nairobi Municipality (Notification of Births) By-laws 1933.” These by¬ laws lay down that every birth whether alive or dead occurring within the Municipality shall be notified within 48 hours, no nationalities or races being exempt. The statistics obtained from these notifications are set out in the accompanying table: —