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

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V.—Principal Causes op Deaths. Again pneumonia heads the list, having been responsible for 1,184 or 148 per cent, of the total deaths registered during the year under review. Next in order comes congenital debility with 636 or 8'0 per cent., pulmonary tuberculosis with 597 or 7*5 per cent., closely followed by diarrhoea and enteritis 572 or 7‘2 per cent. (9) Principal Causes of Death during the Year 11)28. No. of Deaths. 597- Cause of Death. 'Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis of the Meninges and Central Nervous System Tuberculosis of the Intestines and Peritoneum. Tuberculosis of the Vertebral Column Tuberculosis of the Joints Tuberculosis of the Lymphatic System (mesen¬ teric and retropenitoneal glands excepted). 2 15 3 > 641 Tubercular Diseases. Disseminated Tuberculosis 3 Tubercular Sinus ... 12- Pneumonia (and Broncho-Pneumonia) ... 1,184 Bronchitis 179 Diarrhoea and Enteritis 572 Dysentery 227 Enteric Fever 139 Pyrexia 58 Malaria 174 Plague ... 23 Influenza 435 Infantile Convulsions (under five years) 274 Congenital Debility (under one year) ... 636 799 Total Diarrhoeal. (10) Certain Minor Causes of Death, 1928. Cause of Death. No. of Deaths. Cause of Death. No. of Deaths Anchylostomiasis 155 * Diphtheria ... 6 Other Intestinal Parasites 203 Whooping Cough 10 Paralysis (cause unspecified) 142 Rabies 20 Rickets 145 * Smallpox ... — Cancer 100 * Cholera — Tetanus 63 Lethargic Encephalitis ... 1 Measles 2 (11) Causes of Deaths registered in Colombo Town during the Year 1928. Nationality. Causes of Death. All Races. Europeans, m u ® A bt >-< <3 Sinhalese. Tamils, Moors. Malays. a H J3 o All Causes • • • 7,989 • ii 51 ... 325 4,505 ... 1,470 ... 1,142 ... 231 ... 265 I.—Epidemic, Endemic, and Infectious Diseases: 1. —Epidemic and Endemic Diseases 2. —Infectious Diseases— ... 1,024 ... 5 ... 33 622 ... 211 ... 172 ... 28 ... 63 a. Tuberculous Diseases • • • 641 ... — 16 351 ... 152 ... 82 ... 16 24 b. Venereal Diseases... • • • 43 ... — 1 31 ... 9 ... 1 ... 1 — c. Other Infectious Diseases • •• 126 ... 1 3 75 ... 27 ... 13 ... 2 5 II.—General Diseases not in Class I. 1.—Cancer and Malignant Diseases • •• 100 2 10 65 ... 14 ... 4 ... — 5 2.—Other General Diseases not in Class I. 204 ... 2 9 121 ... 25 ... 32 ... 10 5 III.—Diseases of the Nervous System and Organs of Special Sense • • • 605 ... 7 40 341 ... 99 ... 86 ... 25 7 IV.—Diseases of the Circulatory System • •• 239 ... 7 22 125 ... 43 ... 36 ... 2 4 V.—Diseases of the Respiratory System • •• 1,435 ... 8 62 783 ... 292 ... 183 ... 38 69 VI.—Diseases of the Digestive System • •• 1,169 ... 8 35 739 ... 221 ... 118 ... 26 22 VII.—Non-Venereal Diseases of the Genito- Urinary System and Annexa • • • 295 ... 5 14 170 ... 42 ... 43 ... 12 9 VIII,—The Puerperal State • • • 207 ... — 7 J31 ... 26 ... 29 ... 11 3 IX.—Diseasesof tbeSkinandof theCellularTissue X.—Diseases of the Bones and of the Organs 80 ... — 6 56 ... 7 ... 6 ... 1 4 of Locomotion 1 ... — — 1 ... — ... — ... — — XI.—Malformations ... 12 — 2 8 ... — ... 1 ... — 1 XII.—Early Infancy • • • 802 ... 1 33 440 ... 136 ... 148 ... 21 23 XIII—Old Age XIV.—External Causes— ••• 495 ... 1 20 245 ... 70 ... 122 ... 27 10 1.—Suicide ... ... 27 — 2 13 ... 9 ... — ... — 3 2.—Homicide 22 ... — — 18 ... 3 ... 1 ... — — 3.—Judicial Hanging or Execution ... 27 ... — — 22 ... 2 ... 2 ... — 1 4.—Accident and other External Violence. 141 ... 3 2 78 ... 29 ... 16 ... 2 11 XV.—Ill-defined Diseases ... 294 ... 1 8 170 ... 53 ... 47 ... 9 6 * Those marked with an asterisk are notifiable infections diseases. N.B.—As Infectious Disease Hospital is now situated outside Colombo the deaths occurring there are not included in the above statement.