Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1913]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    21.—Diarrhoeal Diseases, 1903 to 1913. All Races, Death-rate per 1,000 Population. Diarrhoea and Year. Enteritis. Dysentery. Total. 1903 • • 4-14 2-75 6-89 1904 • • 3-48 1-84 5-32 1905 • • 4-21 2-68 6-89 1906 . . 4-64 3-21 7*85 1907 . « 3-47 1-64 5-11 1908 . . 3-75 1-65 5-40 1909 . . 3-18 1-60 4-78 1910 2-99 U20 4-19 1911 • • 3-25 1-32 4-57 1912 2-85 1-20 4-05 Average, 1903-1912 3-64 1-87 5-51 1913(Crude) 2-64 •82 3*46 1913 (Corrected) 2-42 •75 317 Increase or Decrease (Crude) — 1-00 — 1-05 — 2-05 No. 22.—All Diarrhoeal Diseases, 1903 to 1913. Death-rate of each Race per 1,000 Population. Year. All Races. Europeans. Burghers. Sinhalese. Tamils. Moors. Malays. Others. 1903 . . .. 6-89 . . 9-17 . . 5-59 . . 7-17 . . 8-45 .. 4-94 .. 6-40 .. 5-62 1904 . . .. 5-32 . . 6-17 . . 4-97 . . 5*63 .. 514 .. 4-48 .. 7-14 .. 6-30 1905 .. .. 6-89 . . 5-38 . . 6-04 . . 7*33 .. 8-10 .. 5-01 .. 5-77 .. 6-74 1906 .. .. 7-85 . . 7-46 . . 5*59 . . 7-69 .. 10-98 .. 5-45 .. 5-46 .. 7-56 1907 .. .. 5-11 . . 5-62 . . 3-31 . . 4-47 .. 8-09 .. 3-84 .. 2-58 .. 0-44 1908 .. .. 5-40 . . 5-92 . . 4-62 . . 6-32 .. 5-91 .. 2*90 .. 3-71 .. 6-66 1909 .. .. 4-78 . . 3-78 . . 3-65 . . 4-94 .. 6-50 .. 2-93 .. 4-42 .. 3-79 1910 .. .. 4-19 . . 3-70 . . 3*12 . . 4-09 .. 5-74 .. 3-12 .. 3-36 .. 2-72 1911 .. .. 4-57 . . 4-99 . . 3-25 . . 3-76 .. 6-92 .. 3-58 .. 4-23 .. 3-16 1912 .. .. 4-05 . . 2-86 . . 2-28 . . 3-69 .. 5-94 .. 3-28 .. 2-82 .. 4-33 Average, 1903-1912 .. 3-64 . . 212 . . 2-90 . . 3-97 .. 4-45 .. 2-40 .. 3-23 .. 2-88 1913(Crude) .. 3-46 . . 0-93 . . 2-42 . . 3-29 .. 4-33 .. 3-31 .. 3-09 .. 3-44 1913 (Corrected) .. 3-17 . . 0-93 . . 2-35 . . 2*88 .. 4-01 .. 3-31 .. 2-75 .. 313 Increase or Decrease (Crude) ..— -18 — 1-19 — -48 — -68 — 12 + -91 — -14 -f *56 No. 23.—Diarrhoea and Enteritis, 1903 to 1913. Death-rate of each Race per 1,000 Population. Year. All Races. Europeans. Burghers. Sinhalese. Tamils. Moors. Malays. Others. 1903 .. 4-14 . . 3-30 . . 3-70 .. 4-63 . . 5-06 .. 2-34 .. 3*84 .. 3-33 1904 .. 3-48 . . 1-45 . . 3-10 .. 3-92 . . 3-13 .. 2-97 .. 5-04 .. 3-66 1905 .. 4-21 . . 1-79 . . 4-03 .. 4-84 . . 4-79 .. 2-43 .. 3-71 .. 3-77 1906 .. 4-64 . . 2-13 . . 4-08 .. 4-86 . . 5-94 .. 3-02 .. 4-05 .. 3-68 1907 . . 3-47 . . 2-81 . . 1-97 .. 3-23 . . 5-40 .. 2-71 .. 0-99 .. 0-22 1908 . . 375 . . 1-74 . . 2-87 .. 4-77 . . 3-87 .. 1-99 .. 2-54 .. 333 1909 .. 318 . . 0-68 . . 2-25 .. 3-57 . . 3-96 .. 191 .. 3-46 .. 2-71 1910 .. 2-99 . . 2-69 . . 2-83 .. 3-15 . . 3-73 .. 195 .. 2*43 .. 1-53 1911 .. 325 . . 2-66 . . 2-73 .. 2-91 . . 4-89 .. 2-18 .. 3-68 .. 2-33 1912 .. 2-85 . . 1-27 . . 1-27 .. 2-85 . . 4-08 .. 2-13 .. 2-29 .. 1-92 Average, 1903-1912 . . 3-64 . . 212 . . 2-90 .. 3-97 . . 4-45 .. 2-40 .. 3-23 .. 2-88 1913 (Crude) 2-64 . . 0-62 . . 1-70 .. 2-66 . . 318 .. 2-43 .. 2-06 .. 2-50 1913 (Corrected) Increase or Decrease 2-42 . . 0-62 . . 1-63 .. 2-35 . . 2-91 .. 2*43 .. 2-06 .. 2-19 (Crude) —1-00 — 1-50 — 1-20 - 1-31 — 1-27 + -03 — 1 * 17 — -38