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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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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    1957. -4- DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS REGISTEREO (RESIDENTS) : Male Female Persons j • Deaths Rate per ! Deaths Rate per i Deaths Death Rate l l 1,000 Male 1,000 Fern- (per 1,000 • Population ale Population Population) } European j * 162 9.1 | 124 6.4 j 286 7.7 | Native ; 139 7.8 1 108 in c* j-vj f)U 1 247 8.9 | Coloured 21 9.1 12 5.0 i 33 7.0 Asiatic 94 6.8 1 63 4.7 ' j 157 5.8 j ALL NON-EURj 254 7.5 I 183 7.1 j 437 7.3 ALL RACES j 416 8.0 I 307 ithii ■■ ii i i i mil, 6.8 r ,-r.J 9-, n .-Mtr^mananmaF-n 723 ♦ * Includes 1 person of undetermined sex. DEATHS (Pages 5-7 ). Death rates were lower for Europeans, but higher for Non- Europeans this year. The death rate for all races was 7.5 as compared with 7.1 last year. The following figures indicate the percentage of deaths occurring below the age of 45 in the various races:- European 16% a&% last year) Native 7A% (73% last year) Coloured 39% (55% last year) Asiatic A2% (4V- last year) All Non-European 61% (61?. last year) These figures once again show how much better the expectation of life is for Europeans than for Non-Europeans. The table on page 7 also indicates that Cardiac and Circulatory disease far outweigh all other causes of death among Europeans. Among Non-Europeans, respiratory disease and heart disease were the main causes of death.