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

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 33. Enteric Cases reported during 1913. (Inclusive of Port and Outside Cases.) Distribution by Race, Age, and Sex. t.1 Race. All Races . Europeans Burghers . Sinhalese . Tamils Moors Malays Others Sex. 0 to 5 Years. 5 Years to 10 Years. 10 Years to 15 Years. 15 Years to 20 Years. 20 Years to 25 Years. 25 Years to 30 Years. 30 Years to 35 Years. 35 Years to 40 Years. 40 Years to 50 Years. 50 Years to 60 Years. 60 Years and over. All Ages. Total of each Race. Case-rate per 1,000 Population. Deaths. Case Mortality per Cent. Mortality per 1,000 Population. f Males 13 17 39 44 54 39 24 17 15 11 1 274 'I , „ \ Females 13 27 21 29 25 24 21 15 10 5 1 191 i 465 J 2-00 181 38-9 0*78 (Males — 1 1 1 4 5 2 2 4 2 22 | Females — 2 1 _ _ 2 1 6 I 28 8*64 5 17-9 1-55 j Males 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 1 2fi J { Females 2 3 3 2 5 3 2 3 1 _ 24 L 44 2-87 11 25-0 0-72 (Males 6 11 25 25 22 15 17 7 7 3 1 139 ) j Females 8 17 10 18 18 15 17 8 6 4 1 122 1 261 2-50 96 36-4 0’91 f Males 3 2 4 6 9 10 1 2 3 40 | Females 2 3 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 _ 18 i 58 1-02 25 43-1 0*44 f Males — 1 2 3 4 1 1 3 1 2 18 | 1 Females 1 2 4 6 1 1 2 ___ 17 l 35 •85 27 72-0 0-66 (Males 2 ___ 2 . 2 1 1 8 (Females — 2 1 _ 1 . , 4 } 12 2-06 4 33-3 0-69 jMales . _ 1 6 10 5 3 2 27 1 \ Females [ 27 4-22 14 51-8 2-19 No. 34.—Simple and Ill-defined Fever, 1903-1913. Death-rate of each Race per 1,000 Population. Year. All Races. Europeans. Burghers. Sinhalese. Tamils. Moors. Malays. Others. 1903 .. .. 1-30 .. 0-36 . . 0-74 .. 1-68 . . 0-98 .. 0-81 .. 3-84 .. 0-62 1904 .. .. 0-57 . . - . 0-24 .. 0-70 . . 0-28 .. 0*50 .. 231 .. 0-81 1905 .. .. 0-28 .. 0-35 . . 0-24 .. 0-25 . . 0-27 .. 0-27 .. 1-03 .. 0-39 1906 .. .. 0-80 .. 1-42 . . 0-79 .. 1*02 . . 0-61 .. 0-41 .. 1-41 .. 0-77 1907 .. .. 0-26 • . - . 0-23 .. 0-22 . . 0*20 .. 0-20 .. 1-79 .. 0-56 1908 .. .. 0-17 . . - . 0-07 .. 0-28 . . 0-04 .. 0-05 .. 0-97 .. -. 1909 .. .. 0-19 . . - . 031 .. 0-19 . . 0-23 .. 0-08 .. 019 .. 0-36 1910 .. .. 0-14 . . -- . 0-37 .. 1-13 . . o-ii .. 0-19 .. 0-37 .. 0-17 1911 .. .. 0-21 .. 0-33 . . - .. 0-26 . . 0-25 .. 0-07 .. 0-55 .. — 1912 .. .. o-io . . — — .. 015 . . 0-05 .. 0-08 .. 0-18 .. — Average, 1903-1912 .. 0-38 .. 0*28 . . 0-29 .. 0-45 . . 0-29 .. 0-25 .. 1-18 .. 0-33 1913 (Crude) •15 — •13 •17 . •14 •14 *17 .. — 1913 (Corrected) •14 . . - •13 •16 . •12 •14 •17 .. — Increase or Decrease (Crude) .,— ‘23 — *28 — -16 — -28 — -15 — *11 — 1-01 — -33 No. 35.—Simple Continued Fever, 1913. Cases reported. Race. Cases. Case-rate per 1,000 Population. All Races 96 • • 0-41 Europeans 4 v . 1-23 Burghers 12 ♦ . 0*78 Sinhalese 58 . . 0-56 Tamils 16 , . 0-28 Moors 3 • • 0-07 Malays — • • — Others 3 • • 0-47 18-15