Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City.

  • Egypt. Cairo City Health Inspectorate.
Date:
[1918]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The highest rate during this period occurred in the present year, whilst the lowest was in 1917 with 262. As regards the various districts of the city the lowest infantile mortality-rate occurred in the Musky quarter with 216 infantile deaths per thousand births, whilst the highest death-rate took place, as in the various two years, in Old Cairo, with 423 per thousand births. Table III.—District Infantile Mortality-rates per Thousand Births. District. 1918 1917 1916 * Musky . 216 199 235 H el wan. 232 210 158 Ezbeldya . 251 176 241 Gamaliya . 308 250 266 Wayli . 315 256 299 cAbdin . 317 264 280 Saiyeda Zeinab . 321 233 263 Darb el Ahmar .. . 322 254 283 Bab el Shafriya . . 323 265 280 Khalifa. 338 278 297 Shubra . 344 271 306 Bulaq . 374 294 345 Old Cairo . 423 349 396 Total Cairo City . 329 262 295 Table IV shows the district annual deaths and infantile death-rates in 1916, 1917, and 1918, in relation to density of the population. The infantile mortality-rate among Egyptians per thousand births was 332, as com¬ pared with 129 amongst Europeans. Chart II shows the weekly infantile death-rates for 1918 as compared with the maxi¬ mum, minimum, and mean weekly rates for the period 1913-1917. Charts III and IV show the principal causes of infantile deaths in 1917 and 1918. ( k. Table IV.—District Annual Death and Infantile Mortality-rates in 1916, 1917, and 1918, in Relation to Density of Population. District. Number of Persons per Hundred Rooms. 1916 1917 1918 Death-rate per Thousand of Population. Infantile Mortality- rate per Thousand Births. Death-rate per Thousand of Population. Infantile Mortality- rate per Thousand Births. Death-rate per Thousand of Population. Infantile Mortality- rate per Thousand Births. Helwan . 121 26*1 158 30*4 210 36*8 232 Ezbekiya . 151 26*02 241 23*4 176 33*8 251 fAbdin. 176 31*6 280 29*1 264 39*8 317 Musky. 177 27*5 235 25*8 ‘ 199 35*7 216 Saiyeda Zeinab. 178 37*4 263 35*1 233 48*7 321 wayli. •. 187 42*1 299 42*5 256 49*5 315 Bab el Shafriya... . 191 37*2 280 36*2 265 48*1 323 Darb el Ahmar. 202 34*3 283 29*5 254 46*7 322 Shubra . 203 53*2 306 52*2 271 49*3 344 Gamaliya ... 213 35 * 5 266 33*3 250 49*8 308 Khalifa . 213 37*9 297 36*4 278 58*0 338 Bulaq. 230 44*2 315 39*7 294 63*6 374 Old Cairo.: ... 248 48*5 396 43*3 349 63*2 423