Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.

  • Johannesburg
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS AND DEATH-EATES. The deaths herein referred to are those of persons who died within the extended Municipal Area as defined by proclamations 13 of 1902 and 46 of 1903:— Deaths. Year Whites Natives Eurafricans Asiatics All Persons 1912-13 1,411 2,907 229 103 4,650 1913-14 1,204 1,706 208 89 3,207 1914-15 1,453 1,890 296 107 3,746 1915-16 1,338 2,095 227 85 3,745 1916-17 1,852 2,061 324 132 4,369 1917-18 1,661 1,737 273 118 3,789 1918-19 2,261 2,843 447 263 5,814 1919-20 1,632 2,110 303 126 4,171 1920-21 1,710 2,194 373 114 4,391 1921-22 1,758 1,891 330 145 4,124 1922-23 1,610 1,994 319 111 4,034 1923-24 1,562 2,314 321 143 4,340 1924-25 1,568 2,213 345 142 4,268 1925-26 1,600 2,238 309 114 4,261 1926-27 1,801 2,621 354 139 4,915 1927-28 1,858 2,696 440 137 5,131 1928-29 1,989 2,795 304 143 5,231 1929-30 1,942 3,115 339 172 5,568 1930-31 2,038 3,349 357 181 5,925 1931-32 2,070 3,309 356 183 5,918 Deatii-Eates. DEATH- RATES (excluding non-residents) Wi Gross rite *Corrected for Age and Sex distrib. Natives Eur¬ africans Asiatics All Persons 1912-13 10-52 12-10 27-63 1 23-21 18-68 1913-14 8-98 10-32 16-34 21-19 12-66 1914-15 10-84 t 18-00 28-11 14-39 1915-16 9-55 — 19-95 21-81 14-32 1916-17 1204 — 16-73 23-21 14-69 1917-18 10-55 — 14-14 20-25 12-69 1918-19 16-06 — 26-94 38-15 21-94 1919-20 10-88 — 17-58 27-54 25-20 14-58 1920-21 11-07 — 17-90 33-86 21-07 14-96 1921-22 10-98 — 17-19 29-96 26-80 14-39 1922-23 10-06 — 16-43 29-25 20-72 13-55 1923-24 9-76 — 19-06 29-43 26-70 14-61 1924-25 9-31 — 17-75 28-53 23-90 1372 1925-26 9-50 — 17-95 25-56 1919 1370 1926-27 10-46 — 18-77 27-57 22-78 14-85 1927-28 10-50 — 18-52 31-16 21-39 14-96 1928-29 11-05 — 19-07 17-88 20-42 14-92 1929-30 10-67 — 21-62 18-83 22-93 15-72 1930-31 10-22 — 22-32 17-85 22-62 15-70 1931-32 1001 — 21-84 17-45 22-60 15-35 * Factor for correction 1-502. + No factor available. Death-Eate in British, Colonial and Foreign Cities. Appended, for purposes of comparison, are particulars as to the “ Death-rate per 1,000 from All Causes ” in large cities in other parts of the world:— Greater London (i.e., Metro- JOHANNESBURG— politan and City Police Whites 1001(1931-32) Districts) ... 12-4 (1931) Natives 21-84 „ “ Great Towns ” of England Eurafricans . 17-45 ,, and Wales 121 Asiatics 22-60 ,, East London ... 7-4 (1931-32) All Persons 15-35 ,, Durban 8-45 „ Kimberley 9-4 Bloemfontein 6-5 Capetown . 10-74 „ Pretoria 8-00 ,, Pietermaritzburg 9-8 Port Elizabeth 10-12 ,, Except in regard to South African towns, these figures are taken from the Quarterly Eeturn of the Eegistrar-General for England and Wales, 1931. The European Death-Eate is considerably lower than that of the great towns of England and Wales and compares favourably with the European rates in the last five years. It is of note that the rates of all sections of the community, as also the combined rate, is slightly lower than in the two preceding years.
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