Annual report of the Department of Public Health / Union of South Africa.

  • South Africa. Department of Health.
Date:
[1933]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health / Union of South Africa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The most urgent needs in local authority areas may be summarised as follows (а) In the large towns—the provision of additional houses, particularly for the needs of the poorer sections of the community, and generally for dealing with overcrowding and unhealthy areas. (б) In smaller towns of any considerable size—the appointment of whole-time medical officers of health, if necessary, in co-operation with the Government under section 17 of the Public Health Act, by the amalgamation of existing part-time medical appointments and the establishment of clinics in con¬ nection with maternal and infant welfare as well as for Tuberculosis and Venereal Diseases. (c) In small towns and villages—the appointment of qualified health inspectors in lieu of untrained personnel. (d) More attention generally to the disposal of night-soil, refuse and manure (especially horse manure), and the prevention of fly-breeding in most urban centres and on farms. (e) Better surpervision of dairies and the elimination of typhoid “ carriers ” from dairies and other places in which milk and foodstuffs are handled. II.—VITAL STATISTICS. The following table summarizes the salient features of the vital statistics of the European population for each calendar year since 1920 :—