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:
[1957]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    -1~ 1957. CLIMATE AMD RATEABLE VALUE Latitude - 29 degrees, 36 minutes, 4 seconds south. Longitude - 30 degrees, 22 minutes, 46 seconds east. Altitude - At Market Square s 2,160. TEMPERATURE AMD RAINFALL; RAINFALL ! ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN INCHES • Av. Daily ; 0 Ay. Daily Minimum 0 Ay. Daily Mean. 0 Average Daily; January 6.89 I 82.5 63.9 73.2 80.1/ February 3.21 i 84.6 65.7 75.1 83.0$ March 3.49 ! 79.9 62,6 71.2 86.6/ April 4.49 j 77.1 56.2 66,6 85.2$ May 0.26 1 75.2 44.8 60.0 83.9$ June 0.45 : 69.1 39.6 54.3 88.1/ July 0,6 ! 71.0 42.1 56.5 32.8/ August 1.35 i 73.8 44»4 59.1 71.9$ September 6.55 i 71.9 53.3 62.6 • 0 to October 4.52 j 77.2 55.0 66,1 76.9$ November 5.23 ! 79.7 60.6 70.1 80.2/ De cember 2.53 j 82.8 62.5 72.6 76.1$ Total 39.57 j AREA (F MUNICIPALITY s 31,940 acres. Value of Rateable Property; £29,445,940 Exempted Property • £10,824*750 RATES i General - Land - 7d in £ Buildings - l|d in £ Water - -fd per £ on land only, plus 2/- per 1,000 gallons of water used. Total expenditure on Public Health Department for year 1956/7 = £35,696, being 6/ of the total nett maintenance cost of the City.