Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation.

  • Durban (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 1st August, 1949. To His Worship the Mayor and City Councillors of the City of Durban. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the forty-eighth Annual Report of the activities of the City Health Department during the year ending 30th June, 1949. CLIMATIC DATA : Latitude 30 degrees : Longitude 31 degrees. TEMPERATURE : (Statistics kindly supplied by the City and Water Engineer). Temperature Humidity No. of days on which rain fell Max. Min. Mean Max. Min. Mean Rainfall 1948 : July . 93 64 75 83 43 68 Oil 1 August 83 67 74 93 52 67 0-25 6 September... 101 66 75 74 29 56 1-40 5 October ... 89 67 77 84 44 65 6-78 15 November... 84 71 77 84 44 63 4-45 13 December... 90 69 81 78 40 63 2-42 11 1949 : January ... 90 77 83 80 51 68 2-64 8 February ... 88 73 81 80 58 68 8-09 15 March 88 75 81 81 51 66 1-41 12 April. 86 63 78 78 54 68 3-46 6 May. 83 63 76 75 48 65 1-79 4 June. 82 67 73 79 51 61 0-39 3 AREA OF MUNICIPALITY : The area of Durban and suburbs inclusive of Townlands is 44,927 acres. ANNUAL RATEABLE VALUE : 1949 1948 Gross value of land. £33,226,210 Gross value of buildings. £54,558,800 TOTAL (including agricultural and un- - developed areas) . £87,785,010 £32,327,020 £50,896,480 £83,223,500 For the year under review, the rates imposed were 7d. on land and 3^d. on buildings (including water rate). REPORT “ A ” 1.—VITAL STATISTICS : (Figures in brackets represent the previous year in all cases). POPULATION : Census Estimate 30/6/49 Estimate 30/( 5/4 8 May, 1946 Male Female Total Male Female Total European . 124,792 63,475 66,208 129,683 60,126 67,948 128,074 Coloured . 10,206 5,808 5,572 11,380 5,634 5,357 10,991 Native. 108,866 93,235 16,308 109,543 93,348 16,125 109,473 Asiatic. 113,440 63,960 59,205 123,165 61,547 58,497 120,044