Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia.

  • Southern Rhodesia. Department of Health.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/88 (page 7)
    Public Health Legislation.—The only new legislation bearing1 on public health was the publication of regulations framed under section 14 of the Public Health Act of 1924, dealing with the transfer of milk in public thoroughfares. CHAPTER III.—VITAL STATISTICS, 1929. Population.—The mean population—European, Asiatic and coloured— as at the 30th June, 1929, is estimated by the Government Statistician as follows:— Persons. European. 46,344 Asiatic . 1,592 Coloured . 2,310 Total . 50,246 The estimate indicates an increase in the European population since the publication of the last annual report of 1,838 and includes additions in respect of (a) natural increase (i.e., excess of births over deaths) amounting to 624; and (b) net immigration amounting to 1,214. European Births.—European living births during the year numbered 1,093 (533 males and 560 females), as compared with 1,104 (563 males and 541 females) in 1928. Of the 1,093 births registered, 20 ( 8 males and 12 females) were illegitimate. Still births recorded (not included in either births or deaths) numbered 31. Plural births numbered 12. The crude birth rate in 1929 per 1,000 of the estimated mean population was 23.6, compared with 24.8* in 1928. Omitting illegitimate births, it is estimated that the legitimate birth rate per 1,000 married women between 15 and 45 years of age was 174.7 in 1929, as against 182.7* in 1928. The following International comparison may be of interest:— CRUDE RIRTII RATES—INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON. Country. Year. Crude birth rate. Country. Year. Crude birth rate. Roumania 1927 34.4 United States 1927 20.6 (Registration Area) Poland 1927 31.6 New Zealand 1927 20.3 Lithuania 1927 29.1 Irish Free State 1927 20.3 Spain 1927 28.5 Scotland ... 1927 19.8 Italy 1927 26.9 Denmark ... 1927 19.6 Union of South Africa f... 1927 26 0 Belgium ... 1927 18.4 Hungary 1927 25.2 Germany ... 19-27 18.4 Southern Rhodesia f 1928 24.6 France 1927 18.2 Netherlands ... 1927 23.1 Norway ... 1927 17.8 Finland 1927 21.9 Switzerland 1927 17.4 Canada 1927 21.9 England and Wales ... 1927 16.7 Australia 1927 21.7 Sweden 1927 16.1 Northern Ireland 1927 21.3 * Revised figure, t European population only.