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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    Figure 6 shows the morbidity- and death-rates diagrammatically. Chart IX compares the weekly incidence with the weekly maximum, minimum, and mean figures during the previous five years. Smallpox.—During 1917 there were 48 cases of smallpox recorded in Cairo, giving a morbidity-rate of 0-064 per thousand of population, as compared with a total of 277 cases with a morbidity-rate of 0-374 in 1916 and 59 cases with a morbidity-rate of 0*080 in 1915. The death-rate for this disease was 0-006 per thousand living, as against 0-139 in 1916 and 0'016 in 1915. The highest district mcrbidity-rate was in Helwan with 1-828 per thousand of popu¬ lation and the next highest in Bab el Sha'riya with 0-092. The lowest rate with the exception of Musky, Ezbekiya, and Khalifa, where no cases occurred, was in Shubra with 0-017. The highest death-rate occurred in Helwan with 0-228 per thousand living and the next highest in Shubra with 0-017. The lowest mortality-rate, with the exception of Musky, Bab el Sha'riya, Ezbekiya, 'Abdin, Saiyeda Zeinab, Khalifa, Gamaliya, Old Cairo, and Wayli, where no deaths occurred, was in Darb el Ahmar and Bulaq, each of which had 0-013 per thousand living. Table XVI .shows the morbidity- and death-rates in the various districts. v Table XVI.—Smallpox Case- and Death-rates in Cairo Districts in 1917. t District. Population. Number of Cases recorded. Cases recorded per Thousand of Population. Number of Deaths. Death-rate per Thousand of Population. Ratio of Deaths to Cases recorded. Musky .”. . 25,212 Per Cent. Bab el ShaTiya. 64,641 6 0 092 — — — Ezbekiya . 53,247 — — — — — r Abdin . 61,062 3 0*049 — — — Saiyeda Zeinab. 74,387 3 0-040 — — — Khalifa . 61,668 — — — — — Helwan .. 8,750 16 1-828 2 0-228 12-5- Darb el Ahmar. 76,828 3 0-039 1 0*013 35-3 Gamaliya. 67,583 3 0-044 — — — Shubra . 55,928 1 0-017 1 . 0-017 100-0 Bulaq. 102,555 8 0-078 1 0-013 12-5 Old Cairo. 36,001 1 0-028 — — — Wayl i. 61,111 4 0*065 — — — Totals for Cairo ... 749,000 48 v 0-064 5 0-006 10*4 Figure 7 shows the morbidity- and death-rates diagrammatically. Chart X compares the weekly incidence with the weekly maximum, minimum, and mean figures during the previous five years. Cerebrospinal Fever.—During 1917 there were 13 cases only of cerebro-spinal fever registered in Cairo, giving a morbidity-rate of 0-017 per thousand of population, as compared with 35 cases with a morbidity-rate of 0-044 in 1916 and 53 cases with a morbidity-rate of 0-072 in 1915. The death-rate for this disease was 0-016 per thousand living, as against 0-031 in 1916 and 0-035 in 1915. The highest district morbidity-rate was in Helwan with 0-114 per thousand of popula¬ tion and the next highest in Old Cairo with 0-111. The highest death-rate occurred in Old Cairo with 0-111 per thousand living. The ratio of deaths to cases recorded was 92-3 per cent, as against 69-6 per cent in 1916 and 49-05 per cent in 1915. The totals of cases and deaths in the various districts are shown in Table XAHI together with the morbidity- and death-rates and the ratio of deaths to cases recorded in each. The district morbidity- and death-rates are shown for comparison in a diagrammatic form in Figure 8.