Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City.

  • Egypt. Cairo City Health Inspectorate.
Date:
[1920]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The total number of cases of infectious diseases notified during 1920 was 6,959, excluding those coming from outside Cairo. Considering that 1,564 of the total are cases of influenza which was added to the list of notifiable diseases in August 1919, the year 1920 compares very favourably with the previous six years. The total number of the eight principal diseases was 4,838, this being the lowest total (excepting 1917) during the last seven years. The number of deaths from these diseases was 1,493. Therefore the rate per thousand of population for these diseases was 6T55 cases recorded, whilst the death-rate was 1-899 per thousand. See Tables VI, VII (with Fig. 1), VIII, and IX, Table VI.—Infectious Diseases, 1914 to 1920. Year. Eight Principal Diseases. Other Infectious Diseases. Total Number of Notifiable Diseases. Deaths from the Eight Prin¬ cipal Diseases. Eight Principal Diseases per Thousand of Population. Death-rate per Thousand of Popu¬ lation of the Eight Principal Diseases. 1914 . 4,878 405 5,283 1,610 6,722 2,218 1915 . 5,744 409 6,153 2,365 7,831 3,224 1916 . 6,771 412 7,183 2,836 9,150 3,8*2 1917 . 4.304 672 4,976 1,608 0 ) / ) 2,146 1918 . 8,268 614 8,882 3,397 10,535 4,328 1919 . 9,164 708 9,872 3,970 11,659 5,051 1920 . 4,838 2,121 6,959 1,493 6,155 1,899 With the exception of measles, the amount of infectious disease that occurred was comparatively small. The annual summer epidemic of typhus, which had been very severe during the two previous years, was much lighter than usual. There was also a diminution in the amount of typhoid fever. Table VII.—Zymotic Disease Case- and Death-rates in 1910. District. Population. Number of Cases recorded. Cases recorded per Thousand of Population. N umber of Deaths. Death-rate per Thousand of Population. Ratio of Deaths to Cases recorded. Mtlsky . 23,900 169 7*071 35 1-464 Per Cent. 20-7 Bab el Shafriya . 65,000 253 3*892 85 1-307 33-6 Ezbekiya. . 57.700 454 7-868 73 1-265 16-1 fAbdin . 61,200 457 7-467 76 1-241 16-6 Saiyeda Zeinab ... . 72,700 553 7-606 205 2-819 37-1 Khalifa . 54,300 290 5-340 111 2-044 38-3 Helwan . 36,041 174 4*827 28 0-776 16-1 Darb el Ahmar . 68,600 499 7-274 294 4-285 58*9 Gamaliya. 62,700 175 2-791 90 1-435 51 -4 Shu bra . 83,300 503 6*038 82 0-984 16-3 Biilaq. Old Cairo. 92,700 486 5-242 164 1-769 33-7 32,500 171 5*261 106 3*261 62-0 Wayli . 75,300 654 8*685 144 1-912 22-0