Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

  • Cape Town (South Africa). City Health Department.
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    45/142 (page 35)
    Year. Num ber of Notifies tions Pe rsons Immunis sed Eur. Non-Eur. All Races. Eur. Non-Eur. All Races. 1938-39 537 233 770 3,202 2,806 6,008 1939-40 286 130 416 2,541 2,421 4,962 1940-41 204 89 293 1,770 3,086 4,856 1941-42 195 138 333 2,038 2,941 4,979 1942-43 160 135 295 3,398 3,814 7,212 1943-44 175 110 285 3,206 4,828 8,034 1944-45 89 89 178 2,517 8,465 10,982 1945-46 91 84 175 2,347 7,488 9,835 1946-47 51 56 107 3,214 8,217 11,431 1947-48 64 73 137 3,515 8,227 11,742 1948-49 33 60 93 2,989 11,038 14,027 1949-50 60 62 122 3,298 10,256 13,554 1950-51 41 60 101 2,375 10,514 12,889 1951-52 34 34 68 2,588 9,439 12,027 1952-53 33 47 80 3,750 13,010 16,760 1953-54 28 40 68 3,441 14,636 18,077 Particulars regarding diphtheria immunization during the year ended 30th June, 1954, will be found on page 27. Diphtheria carrier. One patient (European) was admitted to the City Hospital from outside the Municipality as a case of post diphtheritic paralysis. The diagnosis was later changed to floccular nodule encephalitis and diphtheria carrier. SCARLET FEVER. The cases of this disease reported in the year 1953-54 corrected for misdiagnosis and imported cases numbered 202 (176 European and 26 non-European); equivalent to an incidence rate of 0-43 per 1,000 population (0-93 European and 0-09 non-European). There were no deaths from scarlet fever during the year under review. There were no cases of scarlet fever in the Langa Native Township. The 202 Cape Town cases occurred in 184 houses, in 171 of which there was one case each, in 10 two cases each, in 2 three cases each and in 1 house five cases. 178 of the cases were treated at the City Hospital and 24 were treated at home. In addition to the above figures there were 50 cases of scarlet fever admitted to the City Hospital from outside the Municipality of Cape Town. Reference to Table O, on page 114, will show the uncorrected cases and the correction for errors of diagnosis for both Cape Town and extra municipal cases of scarlet fever reported in the year 1953-54. Other particulars will be found in the table below and in the Tables P to S on pages 115 to 118. Corrected Notification and Death Rates per 1,000 Population from Enteric Fever, Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever. Year. 1914- 15 1915- 16 1916- 17 1917- 18 1918- 19 1919- 20 1920- 21 1921- 22 1922- 23 1923- 24 1924- 25 1925- 26 1926- 27 1927- 28 1928- 29 1929- 30 1930- 31 1931- 32 1932- 33 1933- 34 1934- 35 1935- 36 1936- 37 1937- 38 1938- 39 1939- 40 1940- 41 1941- 42 1942- 43 1943- 44 1944- 45 1945- 46 1046-47 1947- 48 1948- 49 1949- 50 1950- 51 1951- 52 1952 53 1953-54 Enterii ' f •ver. Diph theria. Scarlet fever. Notific ations. Dea ths. Not ifi( ations. Dea t lis. Notific ations. Des iths. Eur. Non- Eur. E ur. Non- Eur. E ur. Non- Eur. Eur. Non- Eur. Eur. Non- Eur. Eur. Non- Eur. 3 13 2 89 0 26 0 30 1 94 0 82 0 20 0 29 0 98 0 13 0 03 1 96 i 73 0 01 0 37 2 27 0 67 0 20 0 25 1 54 0 10 1 90 i 92 0 16 0 41 1 91 0 53 0 12 0 17 0 60 0 05 1 55 i 58 0 13 0 40 1 20 0 41 0 08 0 14 1 09 0 17 2 20 o 40 0 19 0 42 1 •>.) 0 31 0 03 0 13 1 65 0 23 2 60 •> 50 0 22 0 52 1 30 0 45 0 08 0 15 o 84 0 29 0 03 3 46 3 78 0 37 0 56 0 75 0 29 0 05 0 04 2 25 0 18 0 02 1 98 2 48 0 20 0 50 0 86 0 22 0 OS 0 07 0 94 0 11 — 1 71 i 64 0 21 0 31 1 1 5 0 28 0 10 0 06 0 45 0 06 1 12 i 04 0 1 1 0 23 1 51 0 55 0 08 0 12 0 24 0 03 0 72 i 02 0 07 0 21 1 90 0 45 0 15 0 09 0 46 0 01 0 78 i- 05 0 07 0 18 1 60 0 48 0 07 0 12 1 15 0 08 0 •01 1 02 i 26 0 13 0 28 1 62 0 89 0 10 0 16 1 07 0 11 0 84 i 19 0 08 0 22 1 25 0 54 0 08 0 11 1 76 0 05 0 02 0 76 0 86 0 10 0 22 1 23 0 60 0 10 0 13 1 17 0 08 0 •01 0 65 0 79 0 06 0 14 ] 23 0 45 0 10 0 09 1 93 0 16 0 01 0 •01 0 71 0 84 0 06 0 19 I 38 0 76 0 06 0 09 3 11 0 32 0 01 0 51 0 78 0 09 0 19 0 86 0 53 0 05 0 09 0 87 0 14 0 21 0 23 0 02 0 04 1 00 0 57 0 06 0 05 0 85 0 14 — 0 36 0 36 0 01 0 05 1 33 0 80 0 04 0 08 0 71 0 07 0 22 0- 36 0 04 0 07 1 61 1 00 0 06 0 14 1 55 0 10 0 01 0 20 0 31 0 02 0 04 1 25 0 88 0 07 0 12 3 95 0 24 0 02 0 •01 0 22 0 67 0 01 0 09 1 45 0 83 0 01 0 08 2 98 0 20 0 02 0 •01 0 37 0 28 0 03 0 05 2 20 1 73 0 12 0 23 0 72 0 09 0 01 0 09 0 25 0 01 0 03 3 36 1 55 0 12 0 31 0 51 0 05 0 22 0 22 0 01 0 02 1 75 0 84 0 03 0 12 0 76 0 07 0 07 0 16 0 01 0 06 1 21 0 56 0 04 0 05 1 30 0 11 0 23 0 45 0 01 0 07 1 22 0 85 0 04 0 10 l 67 0 06 0 01 0 55 0 41 0 02 0 08 0 98 0 81 0 06 0 09 0 94 0 04 0 10 0 32 0 02 0 04 1 03 0 61 0 02 0 09 0 91 0 04 0 01 0 12 0 42 0 02 0 09 0 51 0 48 0 03 0 07 0 82 0 09 0 01 0 •01 0 12 0 45 0 02 0 06 0 15 0 44 0 01 0 06 1 80 0 22 0 •01 0 13 0 73 0 03 0 12 0 28 0 29 0 01 0 03 1 36 0 10 0 19 0 33 0 03 0 04 0 34 0 36 0 02 0 03 0 81 0 12 0 •01 0 07 0 20 0 01 0 04 0 17 0 29 0 02 0 02 0 97 0 12 0 08 0 14 0 03 0 30 0 29 0 02 0 05 1 17 0 13 0 05 0 15 0 02 0 22 0 25 0 04 1 12 0 20 0 12 0 23 0 01 0 18 0 14 0 01 0 00 0 94 0 10 0 00 0 07 0 23 0 01 0 17 0 18 0 02 0 02 1 12 0 09 0 07 0 32 0 01 0 15 0 15 0 93 0 09