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.

    18/86 (page 16)
    Local Cases: ' • V-V-: i t,' •<» - Of the seventeen non-European cases notified 13 were Bantus, 3 were Eurafricans and 1 was an Asiatic. Two of the Bantus died. All the cases were treated in Hospital. There were no milk-borne outbreaks. In tracing the sources of infection 2 suspects were tested for the possible carrier state, both with negative result. , . , , f - , . ., There were no secondary cases. Result of Phage Typing during the Year: Type A. 5 Type B1. 1 Type El. 1 Untyped strains. 5 No culture obtained. 9 Typing not done. 4 Tests Carried Out for the Typhoid Carrier State: No. of Blood found Persons Vi-tested Vi-positive Stool and Urine found positive Typhoid fever investigations .... 2 — — Prospective employees at dairies . . 340 16 (4%) 3 Other food handlers. 47 — — For Dairy Tyhpoid Testing, see under Section dealing with dairies and milk supplies. v - . f , -X . Typhoid Carrier Camp: Number of inmates on 1/7/1953 . 3 Number admitted during the year.19 22 Number discharged during the year.12 Still in camp on 30/6/1954 . 10 Imported Cases:( Of the imported cases 12 (6 Europeans and 6 Bantus) were Pretoria residents who contracted the disease outside the Pretoria Municipal area. One European was reported from the Municipal Controlled Rietvlei Waterworks, 2 Europeans and 2 Bantus from Government Institutions and 1 Bantu from the Municipal controlled area of Vlakfontein, which is outside the Municipal boundary. The balance, 41 Europeans and 167 Bantus, were cases admitted to Hospital from outside the Municipal area. TUBECULOSIS: Europeans Non-Europeans Total Local cases . . 30 (35) 114 (79) 144 (114) Imported cases. . 19 (16) 182 (113) 201 (129) Of the 114 non-European local cases 98 were Bantus, 12 Eurafricans and 4 Asiatics. Local Cases: The various forms in which the disease occurred are as follows: >> u o h o »“H S >» * h u 4-> •pH bJO 03 3 a c3 •pH o Jj .§ s Si o Ph u c • pH a <v TJ n as n O c .5 © o PQ *“3 Sh a •pH *“H •pH 3 •H s as m CD 4-> ◄ Eh O Eh Europeans. . 24 2 — 1 1 l 1 — 30 Non-Europeans. . 92 8 2 5 1 5 — 1 114 116 10 2 6 2 6 1 1 144