Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg.

  • Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1961]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 5 ~ DEATHS AND DEATH RATES (PER 1.000 POPULATION) : VARIOUS CAUSES. ABBREVIATED LIST (6th Decennial Revision of International List). RESIDENTS ONLY European Ba ntu Col oured Asiatic All Non- Europeans All Races B 1 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 1 .03 6 0.2 2 0.4 1 0.05 9 0.16 10 0.1 B 2 Tuberculosis, other forms 0 0 1 0.04 0 0 2 0.09 3 0.05 3 0.03 B 3 Syphilis & Sequelae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •0 0 0 B 4 Typhoid Fever 0 0 1 0.04 0 0 0 0 1 0.02 1 0.01 B 5 Cholera' 0 0 0 0 0 0 •0 0 0 •0 0 0 B 6 Dysentery, all forms 0 0 2 0.07 0 0 0 0 2 0,04 2 0.02 B 7 Scarlet Fever & Strep. Sore Throat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 8 Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 1 0.02 1 0.01 B 9 Whooping Cough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BIO Mengingococcal Infections 0 0 1 0.04 0 0 0 0 1 0.02 1 0.01 Bll Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B12 Acute Poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B13 Smallpox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •0 0 0 B14 Measles 0 0 1 0.04 0 0 2 0.09 3 0,05 3 0.03 B15 Typhus and other rickettsial diseases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 B16 Rhlaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 0 B17 Other inf, & paras it .dis. 1 .03 0 0 0 0 3 0.14 3 0.05 4 0.04 BIS Malignant Neoplasms 60 I !.5 6 0.2 4 0.8 5 0.2 15 0.3 75 S 0.8 B19 Benign & unspec. Neoplasms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? n 0 B20 Diabetes Me Hit us 4 0.1 1 0.04 0 0 1 0.05 2 r V 0.C4 6 0.06 B21 Anaemias 1 .03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.01 B22 Vascr. lesions of C.N.S. 34 0.9 9 0.3 1 0.2 13 0.6 23 0.4 57 0.6 B23 Non Meningococcal Mgts. 0 0 1 0.04 0 0 1 0.05 2 0.04 2 0.02 B24 Rheumatic Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B25 Chronic Rheum. Heart dis. 0 0 2 0.07 0 0 0 0 2 0.04 2 0.02 B26 Arteriosclerotic and Degtve. heart disease 87 2.2 2 0.07 3 0.6 19 0.9 24 0.4 HI 1.2 B27 Other diseases of heart 38 1.0 8 0.3 4 0.8 [ 13 0.6 25 0.5 63 0.7 B28 Hypertension with heart disease 5 0.13 2 0.07 0 0 7 0.3 9 0,2 14 0.15 B29 Hypertension without mention of heart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B30 Influenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B31 Pneumonia 11 0.28 31 1.1 5 1.0 8 0.4 44 0.8 55 0.6 B32 Bronchitis 1 .03 4 0.14 2 0.4 2 0.09 8 0.15 9 0.09! B33 Ulcer of Stomach & Duod. 2 .05 2 0.07 0 0 0 0 2 0.04 4 0.04 I B34 Appendicitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B35 Intestinal obstruction and hernia 4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.04 B36 Gastritis, Enteritis, Exc, of newborn 3 0.08 29 1.03 1 0.2 9 0.4 39 0.7 42 0.44 B37 Cirrhosis of liver 2 0.05 1 0.04 0 0 0 0 1 0.02 3 0.03 B38 Nephritis & Nephrosis 4 0.1 3 0.1 0 0 2 0.09 5 0.09 9 0.09 B39 Hyperplasia of Prostate 1 .03 0 0 0 0 1 0.05 1 0.02 2 0.02 B40 Complicns. of pregnancy, childbirth & puerperium 0 0 1 0.04 0 0 1 0.05 2 0.04 2 0.02 B41 Congenital Malformns. 1 0.03 1 0.04 0 0 2 0.09 3 0.05 4 0.04* 1 B42 Birth injuries, atelectasis, etc. 0 0 1 0.04 1 0.2 2 0.09 4 0.07 4 1 O.04! B43 Infections of newborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1 j B44 Other diseases of early infancy & immaturity 7 0.2 12 0.4 1 0.2 13 0,6 26 0.5 33 0.351 B45 Senility,without psychosis 8 0,2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 o.os; B46 All other diseases 46 \ 1.2 54 1.9 4 0.3 21 0.9 79 1.4 125 1*3 i B47 Motor vehicle accidents 6 0.2 4 0.14 1 0.2 1 0.05 6 0.1 12 0.12 B48 All other accidents 6 0.2 7 0.25 1 0.2 1 0.05 9 0.16 15 0.15 j B49 Suicide 2 0.05 0 0 0 0 2 0.09 2 0.04 4 0.04 j 650 Homicide and war 0 0 3 0.1 0 0 0 0 3 0.05 . .3 0.03 _ TOTAL 335