Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / City Council of Pretoria.

  • Pretoria (South Africa). Health Department.
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / City Council of Pretoria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10. DISEASES OF ARTERIES: Europeans 19 (29). Non-Europeans 27 (18.) Natives 21. Asiatics 4. Eurafricans 2. 11. DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND GALL BLADDER: Europeans 9 (15). Non-Europeans 5 (7). Natives 4. Eurafrican 1. 12. DISEASES OF PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERAL STATE: Europeans 3 (2). Non-Europeans 7 (2). Natives 6. Eurafrican 1. 13. OLD AGE: Europeans 19 (9). Non-Europeans 12 (5). Natives 11. Asiatic 1. 14. SUICIDE: Europeans 10 (10). Non-Europeans 2 (5). Natives2. 15. HOMICIDE: By Firearms. „ Cutting or piercing instruments „ Other unspecified means Europeans 1 16. ACCIDENTS: Natives Asiatics Eurafricans 2 — _ 14 — 2 4 — — Europeans 50 (37). Non-Europeans 36 (36). Europeans Natives Asiatics Eurafricans On Railways. By Motor, road vehicles (excluding motor cycles) „ Motor cycles . „ Pedal cycles . „ Road transport (not motor). „ Burns (not conflagration). „ Mechanical suffocation. „ Drowning. „ Fall . „ Crushing . „ Anaesthetic . „ Poisonous gases. „ Poisoning (not by gas). „ Machinery. „ Lightning. „ Other and unspecified accidents. co CO rH CO CO m I in 1 in in in in in in eo CO (N CO <N co cq in in in in in in in in o 05 o> 05 05 05 05 05 rH T-t rH rH rH rH rH rH 2 (1) 4 (2) -(-) -(-) 32 (17) 16 (19) - (2) - (1) 2 (2) 1 (-) -(-) -(-) 1 (2) (-) (2) - (2) ~ (-) 3 (2) -(-) -(-) -(-) -(-) -(-) -(-) 1 (1) ~ (-) -(“) ~ (1) — (-) 1 (-) -(—) —(—) 6 (8) 2 (1) -(-) -(-) 1 (1) ~ (2) -(-) -(-) — (1) ~ (-) -(-) -(-) 2 (-) 3 (3) -(-) -(-) — (1) 2 (1) -(-) -(-) 1 (-) 1 (-) -(-) -(-) — (-) 1 (-) -(-) -(-) 3 (1). 1 (-) -(-) -(-) 51 (37) 35 (32) - (2) - (2) DETAILS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR. In writing up this section of the report the figures for Pretoria and the incorporated area of Hercules are given separately. This is done deliberately because Hercules includes Lady Selborne Native Location and other districts where sanitary and other health condi¬ tions are on the average much lower than those of the rest of Pretoria. Note.—All figures for 1952-53 are shown in brackets. For tables showing district distribu¬ tion, age incidence and seasonal distribution, see pages at end of report. This report should be read in conjunction with the section dealing with the Isolation Hospital. PRETORIA — EXCLUDING HERCULES. Typhoid Fever: Europeans Local cases. 8 (5) Imported cases. 50 (47) Deaths in local cases.— (—) Non-Europeans 17 (9) 176 (195) 2 (1) Total 25 (14) 226 (242) 2 (1)