Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation.

  • Durban (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1946]
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Credit: Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 1st August, 1946. To His Worship the Mayor and City Councillors of the City of Durban. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the Forty-fifth Annual Report of the activities of the City Health Department during the year ended 30th June, 1946. CLIMATIC DATA. Latitude : 30 degrees. Longitude : 31 degrees. Temperature : (Statistics kindly supplied by the City and Water Engineer) :— Mean Temperature Humidity Rainfall 1945 : August . 64-7 80-0 0-58 September . 70-5 80-3 0-53 October. 70-2 800 1-71 November . 73-3 77-0 105 December . 76/0 72-0 2-84 1946 : January . 78-7 85-0 4-47 February . 77-0 73-0 3-29 March. 76-2 800 5-79 April . 73-7 81-9 4-10 May . 64-6 76-0 0-43 June 61-1 77-0 0-57 AREA OF MUNICIPALITY. The area of Durban and suburbs, inclusive of townlands, is 44,889 acres. The City is built on ground rising from sea level and backed by hills running north and south, the soil of the valleys being very fertile. ANNUAL RATEABLE VALUE : Gross value of land . Gross value of buildings. . TOTAL (including agricultural and undeveloped areas) . £31,421,430 (£21,371,930) £36,971,640 (£35,386,100) £68,393,070 (£56,758,030) For the year under review, the rates imposed were 7£d. on land and 3fd. on buildings (including water rate). REPORT “A.” 1.—VITAL STATISTICS (Figures in brackets represent previous year) :— POPULATION : Census Estimate as May, at 30th June, 1946 1946 European . . 124,792 125,056 Coloured . . 10,206 10,249 Native. . 108,866 108,930 Asiatic. . 113,440 113,901 TOTAL . 357,304 358,136 The principal Vital Statistics for the year, corrected for outward transfer and adjusted to the Census figure are as follows European Coloured Native Asiatic TOTAL Population Estimate 30/6/46 . Estimate 30/6/45 . 125,056 (109,460) 10,249 (8,986) 108,930 (71,856) 113,901 (99,156) 358,136 (289,458) Birth Rates . 18-42 (21-32) 48-59 (48-96) 25-07 (33-23) 42-59 (46-36) 28-99 (33-71) Death Rates . 9-27 (9-48) 19-32 (23-60) 27-54 (40-43) 16-92 (19-72) 17-55 (21-11) Infantile mortality Rates per 1,000 live births. 32-50 (29-99) 102-08 (131-81) 359-18 (388-70) 90-83 (99-19) 151-12 (155-02) Percentage of Illegitimate to live births . 3-05 (3-64) 31-32 (30-91) 57-77 (58-85) 1-99 (1-26) 18-41 (17-25) Death Rate Pulmonary T.B. per 1,000 of population 0-37 (0-38) 4-29 (4-78) 4-25 (6-21) 2-15 (2-19) 2-23 (2-58)