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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    1961. LABORATORY WORK Cont'd. Work done in Departmental Laboratorys- No* ox* Hen quit o larvae examined : 413 No, of Mosquito adults examined : 0 No, of Snails examined : 359 No, of Ihysopsis identified s 48 NOTIFIABIE INFECTIOUS DISEASE (a) ANTHRAX. No cases notified. (b) SMALLPOX. No cases -were reported this year. VACCINATION. Every Bantu registering at the Municipal Pass Office is vaccinated when he is medically examined. (See page 24). In addition, vaccination of infants (all races) has been carried out at the Municipal Infant Welfare Clinics, and adults applying to the Public Health Department are also vaccinated. This service serves to supplement the free service available to the public through the Public Vaccination carried out by the District Surgeon. The Registrar of Vaccination has supplied the following figures of total vaccinations in Pietermaritzburg, reported to the Registrar of Vaccination. Successful Vaccinations (under 2) . 155 Successful Vaccinations (over 2) ... 28 Insusceptible to Vaccination (under 2) . 3 Insusceptible to Vaccination (over 2) . Exempted from Vaccination . 0 The number of vaccinations carried out by this Department at its Clinics during this period was 4128 (Eur. 594I Bantu 1936^ Col. 246| As. 1352). (c) DIPHTHERIA. The total number of cases notified in 1961 was 14 , as compared with 17 last year, and 1 Coloured child (not immunised) died from this disease. The immunisation history in 14 known cases (confirmed by Virulence tests) admitted to our hospitals during 1961 was as followss- Immunised Non-Immunised * Total cases s 4 (4 Eur.$ 0 Non~Eur.) Deaths ° Nil (Eur. 0) Total cases : 33 (10 Eur.j 23 ITon-Eur.)| Deaths 2 4 ( OEur.j 4 Lon-Eur.)j 2,019 Immunisation courses against Diphtheria were completed at the Infant Clinic Sessions, a decrease on last year's figure of 2,322. (Eur, 601 j Bantu l60• Col. 185| As. 984.) Race Pre“Inoculation Schick Tests --- - — No. Positive Post-Inoculation Schick Tests No, Positive European 13 8 4 Bantu mm - _ Coloured - - - Asiatic »*• — — The ./