Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg.

  • Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS REGISTERED A. (l) RESIDETjTS - -Tuly 1st, 1953 - December 31st, 1953. Male Feras-le Persons n European 86 71 157 Native 67 37 1C4 Coloured 11 9 20 Asiatic 49 21 70 . AIT NON-EHR. 127 67 194 ALL RACES 213 138 351 -mi mi tom (2) RESIDEHTS - January 1st, 1954 - December 31st, 1954. Male Female Persons Deaths Rate per 1,000 Male Population Deaths Rate per 1,000 Fem¬ ale Populataon Deaths Death Rate (Ibr 1,000 Population) European l66 10.3 111 6,4 277 8.3 Native 120 7.9 104 12.8 224 9.6 Coloured 23 11.9 17 8.3 40 10.1 Asiatic 77 7.0 59 5.6 136 6.3 ALL N01']-EDR. 220 7.S . „!!l_ 400 ALL RACES 386 8.7 291 _ 677 8.2 B. (1) HOI^RESIDEJTr - July 1st, 1953 “ December 31st, 1953. European __ _ i____ Native s 470 Coloured s 8 Asiatic s 3-8 All ITon--Eur._s 49.6 All Races s 5^^ (2) NON-FlESIDENT - January 1st, 1954 •“ December 31st, 1954. Euroioean ° 130 Native s 290 Coloured 5 15 Asiatic ? 29 A^l Non-Eur, All Races ? 4^ mmS (Pages 7-10). All death rates showed an improvement this year. The death rate for all jpace_s was 8,2 as compared vita 9.0 last j^ear. The following figures indicate the percentage of deaths occurring below the age of 45 in the various races?- European I