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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    — 10 — Table VIII.—Infectious Diseases (Eight Principal), 1916 to 1920. Disease. Y EAR. Number of Cases recorded. Cases recorded per Thousand of Population. Number of Deaths. Death-rate per Thousand of Population. Ratio of Deaths to Cases recorded. 1916 277 0*374 103 0*139 Per Cent. 37*1 \ 1917 48 0*064 5 0*006 10*4 Smallpox .\ 1918 35 0*044 5 0*006 14*3 1919 1,455 1*851 494 0*628 33*9 ' 1920 157 0*199 50 0-063 31*8 1916 1,222 1*651 607 0*820 49*7 \ 1917 1,034 1*380 446 0*595 43*1 M^63.sl6S ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• j 1918 168 0*214 82 0*104 48*8 1919 719 0*914 316 0*402 43*9 l 1920 1,325 1 * 685 404 0*514 30-5 [ 1916 48 0*064 2 0*002 4*6 j 1917 293 0*391 22 0*029 7*5 Scarlet fever.\ 1918 81 0*103 7 0*008 8*6 1919 39 0*049 4 0*005 10*3 ( 1920 39 0*049 4 0 * 005 10*3 ( 1916 836 1*129 335 0*452 40*1 J 1917 764 1*020 352 0*469 46*1 Diphtheria .\ 1918 632 0*805 232 0-295 36*7 1919 484 0*615 150 0*190 31*0 l 1920 329 0*418 77 0*097 23*4 [ 1916 1,462 1*975 632 0*854 43*2 1917 1,141 1*523 384 0*512 33*6 Typhoid fever .< 1918 1,609 2*050 612 0*779 38*0 1919 1,383 1*759 345 0*438 24*9 l 1920 925 1*176 215 0-273 23*2 ( 1916 1,858 2*510 1,075 1*452 57*9 ] 1917 767 1*024 371 0*495 48*4 Typhus fever .< 1918 4,433 5*648 2,356 3*002 53*1 1919 4,825 6*139 2,629 3*344 54*5 ( 1920 1,606 2*043 705 0-897 43-9 1916 1,035 1*398 59 0*079 5*7 \ 1917 244 0*325 16 0*021 6*5 Relapsing fever .< 1918 1,287 1*639 93 0*118 7*2 1919 236 0*300 20 0*025 8*5 1920 429 0*545 23 0*029 5*4 ( 1916 33 0*044 23 0*031 69*7 ) 1917 13 0*017 12 0-016 92*3 Cerehro-spinal fever .< 1918 23 0*029 10 0*012 43*4 1919 23 0*029 12 0*015 52*2 ( 1920 28 0*035 15 0*019 53*4 j 1916 6,771 9*150 2,836 3*832 41*8 \ 1917 4,394 5*746 1,608 . 2*146 37*4 Totals for Cairo ... < 1918 8,268 10*535 3,397 4*328 41*1 1 1919 9,164 11-659 3,970 5*051 43*3 ( 1920 4,838 6-155 1,493 1*899 30*9