Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.

  • Johannesburg (South Africa)
Date:
[1937]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/52 (page 9)
    CAUSES OF DEATH. The causes of and ages at death and the local distribution are analysed in the usual Tables for “ Whites,” “ Natives,” “ Eurafricans ” and “ Asiatics ” respectively. For reasons of economy, these voluminous tables have not, however, been printed, but are available for inspection. FACTORS OF MORTALITY, 1984-35, 1935-86 AND 1936-37. DISEASE Enteric Fever ... ■< Measles Scarlet Fever .. Whooping J Cough ... | Diphtheria and Croup ... Influenza Tuberculosis J of Lungs ... | Other Forms of Tuberculosis... C ancer Meningitis t Cerebral Haemorrhage and Softening 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 DISEASE Deaths Rates Deaths | Rates Deaths | Rates - Deaths 1 Rates Deaths Rates Deaths Rates w. 16 006 16 0'06 15 | 0'057 / VV. 384 1'60 411 1'63 528 2'01 N.. 60 0'33 67 i 0'35 40 0-20 Diseases of J N. 188 1'02 144 0'75 222 1*12 E. 3 020 2 j 0'09 4 0'22 the Heart .. 4 E. 44 2'99 39 1'85 69 3'12 A. 1 0-09 1 0-10 3 1 0'29 ( A. 27 2'84 23 2'34 21 2'04 W. 12 0'05 5 0'02 1 0003 W. 13 0-05 25 0'099 31 O'll N. 4 0-02 4 0‘03 11 0'05 Acute J N. 151 081 125 O'65 100 0'50 E. 1 0-06 3 014 — — Bronchitis ... 1 E. 17 1'15 22 1'04 18 0'81 A. 1 0’09 2 0'20 1 0-09 ( A. 2 1'13 15 1*53 11 j 1*07 W. 5 0-02 7 0027 2 0'007 VV. 70 0'29 48 0*19 27 O'lO N. — — — — Chronic j N 50 0'26 15 0'07 11 O'05 E. — — i 0'047 — — Broncliitis ... 4 E. 14 O'95 4 O'19 8 1 0*44 A. — — — — — — ( A. 8 0*75 i 0*71 5 ! 0'48 W. 6 0'02 ii 0'04 26 0'09 w. 356 T48 395 1'65 350 1'33 N. 6 003 7 0037 20 0'10 Pneumonia .. < N. 1.078 5'90 973 5'091 921 4'66 E. 1 0-06 4 0'19 4 0-22 E. 63 4'28 156 V 42 124 5'61 A. — — — — 3 0'29 l A. 51 4'81 66 6'72 61 5'93 w. 23 0’09 14 0'05 13 0 049 VV. 27 O'll 41 O'16 30 O'll N. 2 001 1 0'005 2 o-oi Silicosis ...8 N. 6 0'03 10 0'05 4 0'02 E. — — 2 0'09 2 O'll E. 2 O'13 5 0'24 2 0'11 A. 1 0'09 — — — — ( A. — — 1 O'lO — W. 30 0'12 135 0'53 46 0'102 Other | Respiratory < Diseases ... 1 W 26 0'10 74 0'29 32 0'12 N. E. A. 21 3 1 0U2 0-20 0-09 37 6 6 0'19 0'28 0'61 36 5 1 O'18 0'22 0'09 N. E. A. 33 1 3 O'17 0'06 0'28 43 15 9 0'22 0*71 0'91 21 8 3 O'lO 0'44 0'29 VV. 62 0‘2o 60 0'23 43 O' 164 / W. 101 0'22 130 O'51 114 0*43 N. 209 F17 220 115 209 1'05 Diarrhoea and J N. 540 2'95 537 2'81 474 2'40 E. 33 214 43 2'04 42 2''40 Enteritis ...A E. 60 4'08 76 3*61 68 3'08 A. 6 0-86 10 1-02 12 1'26 l A. 29 2'73 24 2'44 20 1'94 W. 5 0-02 7 0'027 14 0053 Acute Nephritis ( W. 127 O'52 110 0'43 95 O'3 6 N. E. 35 0'19 45 0'23 43 0'21 N. 75 O'41 62 0'32 33 O' 1 6 4 0‘17 5 0'23 6 036 and Bright s < Disease ... I E. 3 0'20 9 0'43 11 0'49 A. r* - 0U8 2 0'20 3 O'19 1 A. 3 0'28 1 O'lO 4 0'38 w. 229 099 248 0'99 262 0'99 Congenital / W. 161 0*67 167 0'66 171 0'65 N. 26 014 25 O'13 31 O'15 Malformation J N. 224 1'22 172 0'90 138 O'69 E. 10 0'68 12 0'37 13 0'58 Premature & | E. 39 2'65 45 2'14 27 1*22 A. 8 0'75 2 0'20 6 0'59 Early Infancy \ A. 11 103 8 0'81 15 1'46 W. 40 O'16 19 0'07 23 0'08 W. 225 0*97 146 0’58 181 0'69 N. 122 O'6 6 31 0'16 32 O'16 Violent Deaths < N. 368 2'01 ! 365 1*91 434 2'19 E. 3 0-20 2 0'09 3 013 E. 13 0'88 12 0'37 25 1'13 A. 3 0'28 3 0'30 — \ A. 1 O'09 7 0*71 4 0'38 W. 83 0'34 77 0'30 52 0'019 N. 10 0'05 14 1 0 07 12 0'06 E. 8 0'68 9 0-42 12 0'22 A. 3 0'28 l o-io 4 0'38 The following observations are suggested by an inspection of this table : — (1) That during 1936-37 the chief factors of mortality were: — (a) For Whites.—Heart diseases (528), pneumonia (350), cancer (262), violent deaths (181), premature birth and early infancy (171), diarrhoea and