Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.
- Johannesburg
- Date:
- [1932]
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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![]] (b) For Natives.—Pneumonia (1,085), diarrhoea and enteritis (489), violent deaths (334), congenital debility (223), tuberculosis of lungs (216), acute bronchitis (163), heart diseases (130), enteric fever (74), acute nephritis and Bright’s disease (54), meningitis (45), other forms of tuber¬ culosis (40), other respiratory diseases (38), influenza (26), cancer (22), chronic bronchitis (22), whooping cough (19), cerebral haemorrhage (15), and silicosis (5). (c) For Eurafricans.—Pneumonia (94), diarrhoea and enteritis (53), congenital debility (38), acute bronchitis (33), heart diseases (26), violent deaths (19), tuberculosis of lungs (17), cancer (9), nephritis (5), and chronic bronchitis (5). (d) For Asiatics.—'Pneumonia (50), diarrhoea and enteritis (26), con¬ genital debility (22), heart diseases (21), acute bronchitis (13), tuberculosis of lungs (10), acute nephritis (6), and chronic bronchitis (5). (2) That the comparison with the two previous years is as follows:— (a) As regards Whites, the principal increases are in respect of pneu¬ monia, 318 as compared with 278 in 1930-31 and 316 in 1929-30; influenza, 52 as compared with 32 in 1930-31 and 13 in 1929-30; chronic bronchitis, 65, as compared with 49 in 1930-31 and 47 in 1929-30; and cancer, 174, as com¬ pared with 159 in 1930-31 and 176 in 1929-30. The principal decrease is in respect-of dia-rrheeal-diseases, 102, as compared with 157 in 1930-31. (b) As regards Natives, the principal increases are in respect of acute bronchitis, 163, as compared with 108 in 1930-31 and 98 in 1929-30; pneu¬ monia, 1,085, as compared with 1,057 in 1930-31 and 1,030 in 1929-30; and heart diseases, 130, as compared with 110 in 1930-31 and 123 in 1929-30. Diarrhoeal diseases show, a... big decrease, -the-figure being 489 as compared with 615 in 1930-31 and 489 in 1929-30, whilst enteric, with 74 deaths, com¬ pares very favourably with 129 in 1930-31 and 86 in 1929-30. (c) As regards Eurafricans there is nothing worthy of comment except a slight decrease in respect of diarrhoea and enteritis. (d) As regards Asiatics, there is a small decrease in respect of pneu¬ monia and a slight decrease in respect of diarrhoea and enteritis. INFANTILE MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE MEASURES. bifantile Mortality, i.e., deaths of infants under one year per each 1,000 births registered, was Whites 76-61, Eurafricans 254-60 and Asiatics 149-29. The following table shows the white infantile mortality rate in recent years: — 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 88-26 81-2 78 ’ 55 74-01 83-29 83-39 72-77 78-62 79-08 76-61 The rate for Europeans is lower than in 1930-31, but is considered satisfac¬ tory, taking into account the present economic depression and extent of unem¬ ployment, which are factors of some importance in influencing infant upbringing.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31487993_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
