Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the public health ... / Cape of Good Hope.

  • Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the public health ... / Cape of Good Hope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE o.—Continued. O'OKIEP. Population (1904 Census) : Europeans, 282; Coloured, 1,824. All Races, 2,106. Diseases. 1904. 1905. Europeans. Coloured. All Races. Europeans. Coloured. All Races. M F I* Death Rate. 1 M ! F P Death Rate. M If [ l P Death Rate. M 1 F p ! 8=1 qPh 1 F 1 p Death Rate. M F P | Death Rate. Diseases due to Specific Organisms— 1 1 i Influenza 1 i 0‘55 1 1 0-47 Diphtheria and Membranous Croup • . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 0-55 1 . . 1 n47 Typhoid (Enteric) Fever, Simple 1 .. i 8*55 , , 1 i 055 1 ] 2 0-95 Continued Fever, Tvpho-Malarial, Remittent Fever, and Fever Simple Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery • . • . . . . . 2 2 4 2-19 2 2 4 1-90 , . * * ,. 3 3 6 3-29 3 3 6 2 * 85 Tuberculosis, including Haemoptysis * • • • • • o 3 8 4-39 0 3 8 3-80 1 i 2 7-09 8 7 15 8-22 f 8 17 8-07 Others i 1 2 1-10 i 1 2 0-95 3 1 4 2-19 3 1 4 1-90 Total .. •• •• •• •• 9 6 15 8-22 9 6 15 7-12 2 i 3 10-64 14 13 27 14-80 16 14 30 14-25 Constitutional Diseases— Cancer (Malignant Disease).. •> 2 1-10 •; . . 2 0-95 Others I •• i 0-oo 1 •• I 0-47 •• 1 1 2 l-ll 1 1 2 0-95 Total .. 3 1-641 3 •• 3 1-42 •• • • 1 1 •) 1-10 1 1 2 0-95 Developmental Defects and Degenera- tion— Old Age (Senile Decay) 2 1 3 1-04 2 1 3 1-42 i .* 1 3-55 2 1 3 1-64 3 1 4 1-90 Others i 1 0-55 1 1 0-47 Total .. 1 4 2-19 3 1 4 1-90 i •• 1 8 * 55 2 1 3 1-64 3 1 4 1-90 Diseases of the Nervous System— Convulsions.. 4 7 3-84 3 4 7 3-32 i 1 8*55 i 2 ♦» O 1-64 1 3 4 1-90 Others i 1 2 1-10 1 1 2 0-95 Total .. ... 4 5 9 4-93 4 5 9 4-27 •• i 1 8*55 i 2 3 1-64 1 3 4 1-90 Diseases of the Circulatory System— Heart Disease, Organic, Degeneration, . . . . 2 .. 2 1-10 2 .. 2 0-95 i 1 3-55 i 3 1’64 3 1 4 1-90 Syncope Apoplexy i .. 1 3-55 1 . , 1 0-47 Others i i O-oo i i 0-4/ •• i 1 0 55 1 •• 1 0-47 Total .. •• •• •• 3 •• 1-64 3 •• 3 1-42 •• 2 7-09 3 i 4 2-19 5 1 6 2-85 Diseases of the Respiratory System— Bronchitis .. 4 0 10 5-48 4 6 10 4* 7n .. .. .. . . 4 7 11 6-03 4 7 11 5-22 Pneumonia.'Inflammation,Congestion • . . . . . li 1 12 (1-58 11 1 12 5-70 .. .. 11 i 12 6-58 11 i 12 5-70 of the Lungs, Pleurisy Total .. 15 7 22 12-06 15 7 22 10-45 •• *• • • 15 8 23 12-61 15 8 23 10-92 Diseases of the Alimentary Canal— Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Marasmus . . . . . . . . 3 3 0 3-29 3 3 6 2-85 .. .. .. . . 5 2 7 3'84 5 7 3-32 Others i i 3 55 •• l i 0-55 •• 2 2 0‘9:> Total .. 6 3-29 • » 0 3 6 2-85 • • i i 8 * 55 5 3 8 4-39 5 4 9 4-27 Diseases of the Urinary System and Organs of Generation— Bright’s Disease, Nephritis, Uraemia . • . . . • . . . . 1 1 0-55 . • 1 1 o- IT 4 8 7 3-84 4 3 7 3-32 Others 1 1 2 1-10 1 1 2 0-9n Total .. 1 2 3 1-64 1 2 3 1-42 • • •• •• • • 4 3 7 3-84 4 3 7 3-32 Violence— 1 Total .. 1 •• 1 0'55 1 1 0-47 1 i 0 55 •• 1 i 0'47 IP-defined or not specified— Debility, Atrophy, Inanition 1 1 2 7 •09 2 3 5 2-74 8 4 7 3-32 . . . . . • • • 1 4 5 2-74 1 4 5 2-37 Others O •• 2 1-10 2 •* 2 0-95 Total .. 1 1 2 7-09 3 5 2-74 3 4 7 3-32 3 4 7 3-81 3 4 7 3-32 All other Diseases not included in the above— Total .. 1 •• i 3-55 •• 1 •• 1 0-47 • • 1 •• 1 055 i i 0-17 Grand Total .. 2 1 310*64 44 27 71 18-93 46 28 74 15-llj 5 •» i> 8 28-37 49 87 86 17-15 1 54 40 94 14-6 3 Of the above deaths the following were uncertified :— 1904:—Simple Cholera, etc., 4 C.; Tuberculosis, etc., 4 C.; Puerperal Fever, 2 C.; Old Age, 2 C.: Others (Developmental Defects). 1 C.: Convulsions, 7 C.; Others (Diseases of Nervous System), 1C.: Heart Disease, etc.. 1C.; Others (Diseases of Circulatory System), 1 C.: Bronchitis, 9 C.; Pneumonia, etc.. 5 C.,; Enteritis, etc,, 2 C.; Others (Diseases of Urinary System, etc.), 2 C.; Debility, etc., 4 C. Total, 45 C. 1905:—Influenza, 1 C.; Simple Cholera, etc., 5 C.; Tuberculosis, 1 E. and 6 C.; Others (Diseases due to Specific Organisms), 3 C.; Old Age, 2 C.; Convulsions, 1 E. and 3 C.; Heart Disease, etc., 3 C.: Bronchitis, 8 C.; Pneumonia, etc., 7 C.: Enteritis, etc., 5 C. Others (Diseases of Alimentary Canal), 1 C ; Bright's Disease, etc., 2 C.; Debility, etc., 5 C.; Others CHI-defined or Unspecified 2 C.; All other Diseases, 1 C. Total, 2 E. and 54 C ; All Races, 56.