Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.
- Johannesburg
- Date:
- [1906]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE 3D. RETURN OF DEATHS among the WHITE POPULATION for the YEAR ENDING 30th JUNE, 1906. All I Jnder —r L5—25I2 5—65 ( >5 and Number of District. Hospi¬ tal. Non- Un- Total. No. Causes of Death. 1—5 £ >—15 R ’flfln’t lrnnwn. Ages. ! . year. years. years. years. years. 1 ipw’ds. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XL XII. XIII. 1 Small-pox - 22 2 2 18 3 2 7 3 1 O 2 2 2 22 24 2 Measles 24 8 9 6 1 3 2 5 2 6 1 2 z 3 6 3 Scarlet Fever - 6 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 O 2 9 4 Epidemic Influenza 9 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 A 14 5 Whooping Cough 14 rr 5 5 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 10 6 Diphtheria - 10 8 2 ! 1 1 2 1 1 1 *■7 1 7 7 Membranous Croup 7 1 4 2 2 1 1 9 2 1 1 l 3 18 84 8 Enteric Fever - 84 2 6 26 49 1 16 2 5 2 4 1 3 i X 9 Cholera - 10 11 Plague - Diarrhoea and Dysentery - 277 221 35 1 2 O O 15 1 17 30 15 31 36 26 i 35 14 12 14 6 0 27 9 277 3 12 Epidemic Zymotic Enteritis 3 3 3 9 1 1 4 1 i 1 10 13 Enteritis - 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 ; 14 Other continued fevers 1 1 9 15 Erysipelas 9 2 3 6 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 16 Puerperal Fever 7 1 4 1 1 2 l ! 1 2 17 Other Septic Diseases 2 1 1 1 : 1 2 15 18 Acute Rheumatism or Fever 15 1 1 6 6 i i 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 19 Intermittent Fever 1 1 8 20 Malarial Cachexia 8 1 ]j 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 21 Tuberculosis of Meninges - 1 1 ! 17 17 6 3 1 6 *7 1 1 1 3 1 12 1 79 22 Tuberculosis of Lungs 79 2 3 57 7 2 8 4 1 1 7 23 Other forms of Tuberculosis 7 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 24 Alcoholism 13 13 2 1 1 4 4 c 5 3 51 25 Cancer 51 1 1 2 43 4 11 5 6 4 1 4 4 2 1 9 0 6 12 3 2 2 8 1 9 1 1 84 26 Premature Birth 84 84 9 5 6 11 8 9 11 0 0 6 2 1 2 £ 9 2 1 3 1 9 1 57 27 28 29 30 Developmental Diseases Old Age Meningitis Other Diseases of Nervous System - 157 32 32 41 142 12 6 15 7 5 5 2 I 1 2 7 23 31 3 9 4 3 7 12 7 5 4 14 2 4 4 25 2 2 2 15 2 1 2 18 2 2 3 27 5 5 6 1 2 4 2 Q 1 3 1 7 Q 3 1 1 2 3 1 32 32 41 1 08 31 32 Organic Diseases of Heart - Acute Bronchitis 108 30 2 1 22 5 7 3 12 69 1 17 17 1 14 3 16 1 10 8 8 10 9 2 5 2 2 0 1 O 1 1 30 99 33 34 Chronic Bronchitis Pneuminia, Lobar or Croupous 22 104 1 13 1 i3 5 11 66 9 7 3 21 3 9 4 3 1 12 3 10 3 10 8 1 4 K 3 O 1 1 8 3 5 l 104 40 35 36 Pneumonia, Broncho or Catarrhal Rockdrill ditto, or Miners’ Phthisis - 46 39 24 16 1 1 4 38 1 2 4 4 2 6 13 4 3 3 7 -1 O 1 L 6 I 3 O 5 3 Q 3 ! 39 8 ! 19 j 15 ! 37 1 37 Diseases of Stomach 8 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 Obstruction of Intestines - 19 ; 5 2 11 1 5 2 1 7 1 1 9 i 2 4 I 1 39 40 Cirrhosis of Liver Nephritis or Bright’s Disease 15 37 2 1 1 2 1 6 14 26 3 4 1 2 . 2 7 1 4 4 1 6 1 2 1 2 1 1 — 1 41 42 Scurvy Syphilis 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 43 Tumours, etc.. Affections of Female Genital Organs 14 3 11 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 44 45 46 47 Diseases of Parturition : Accident or Negligence - Suicide or Murder All other cases - • 14 67 30 49 3 3 5 3 8 4 2 11 2 3 12 40 28 35 1 1 6 10 5 2 6 2 6 2 7 4 1 2 5 1 5 7 1 2 1 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 6 2 1 2 1 5 5 1 2 14 3 0 ZJ 3 2 2 1 3 1 10 1 1 14 67 30 49 TOTALS 1,611 572 | 155 58 110 633 82 190 137 149 176 128 142 163 65 61 81 33 59 108 13 99 7 1,611 District No. 1 includes that portion of Johannesburg (farm Randjeslaagte), south of the Railway and north of Commissioner Street. District No. 2 includes Braamfontein, Hospital Hill and Hillbrow. District No. 3 includes Marshall’s Town and City and Suburban. District No. 4 includes Ferreira’s, Fordsburg and Mayfair. District No. 5 includes The Brickfields, Yrededorp, the Cemetery and the Locations. District No. 7 includes Doornfontein, Mew Doornfontein, Bertrams, Lorentzville, Judiths Faarl, lroyeville, Kensington Estate, Bezuidenhout Valley Township and Morriston. District No. 8 includes Berea, Yeoville, Bellevue, Bellevue East and North-Eastern suburban portion. District No. 9 includes Auckland Park, Richmond, Melville, Newlands, Claremont and North-western suburban portion. District No. 10 includes Paarls Hoop and Mines from Robinson westwards to boundary. District No. 11 includes Central Mines (from Ferreira to City and Suburban). District No. 12 includes Prospect Town, Denver and the Mines from Meyer and Charlton to Eastern boundary](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31487737_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
