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.
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[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 3.—Continued. RICHMOND. Population (1904 Census) : Europeans, 825 ; Coloured, 1,176. All Races, 2,001. DISEASES. 1904. 1905. Europeans. Coloured. All Races. Europeans. Coloured. All Races. M F p Death Rate. IM iF P Death Rate. M F P Death Rate. M F 1 P Death Rate. M •F P Death j Rate. M F _ P cei* O c3 Diseases due to Specific Organisms— Influenza 1 1 O'85 , . 1 1 0-5C 1 1 0-85 • • 1 1 050 Whooping Cough 1 . . i 1-21 . . . . . , . . 1 . . 1 0-50 1 Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 2 1 3 3-64 4 2 6 5'10 6 3 9 4-50 . . 4 4 3-40 • . 4 4 2-06 Typhoid (Enteric) Fever, Simple 1 1 2 2-42 1 1 2 1-70 2 4 2-00 Continued Fever, Typho-Malarial, Remittent Fever, and Fever Simple Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery 2 1 3 3-64 4 i 5 4-25 6 2 8 4-00 1 i 0-85 • • 1 1 0'50 Tuberculosis, including Haemoptysis ,. . . . . . . 7 7 14 11-90 7 7 14 7-00 1 . . i 1-21 3 4 7 5-98 4 4 8 4-00 Erysipelas, Cellulitis. Pyaemia, Septi- 1 1 2 1-70 1 1 2 1-00 caemia, and Hospital Gangrene Pueriic ral Fever .. 1 1 1 1 0-5(1 . . Others 1 • • i 0-8n 1 • • i 0'50 Total .. 5 3 8 9-70 15 H 26 22'11 20 14 34 16-99 2 1 3 3-64 6 12 18 15-31 8 13 21 10-49 Constitutional Diseases— Cancer (Malignant Disease).. i . . 1 1-21 2 i 3 2-55 3 1 4 2-00 .. • . . . . . 1 1 2 1-70 1 1 2 1-00 Others •• 1 •• 1 0-85 1 •• 1 0-50 •• 1 •• 1 0-85 1 * • i 0-50 Total .. i • • 1 1-21 3 i 4 3-40 4 1 5 2-50 , # • • 2 1 3 2-55 2 1 3 1-50 Developmental Defects and Degenera- tion— Premature Birth, and Accidents dur- i . . 1 1-21 .. . . . . . • 1 • • 1 0'50 ing Birth 2 1 3 3-64 1-70 4 ] 5 2-50 '> 2i 1 -70 2 1 -no Others 1 1 2 2-42 • • •• •• i 1 Total .. 3 2 5 6-06 2 •• 2 1-70 5 2 7 3-50 i . . 1 1-21 •• 2 2 1-70 1 2 3 1-50 Diseases of the Nervous System— Others— Total .. i •• 1 0-85 1 •• 1 0-50 Diseases of the Circulatory System— Heart Disease, Organic, Degeneration. i 1 0-85 . . 1 1 0-50 . . . . 6 6 12 10-20 6 6 12 6-00 Syncope Apoplexy 1 i 1-21 i 1 0-50 ■Total .. 1 i 1-21 •• i 1 0-85 •• 2 2 1-00 6 6 12 10-20 6 6 12 6-00 Diseases of the Respiratory System— 4 4 *4*40 4 4 2*00 2 2 1-70 2 POO Pneumonia, Inflammation. Conges- i .. i 0-85 i m # i 0-50 ,, , . , . 1 i 0-85 1 .. i 0-50 tion of the Lungs, Pleurisy Others 1 i 1-21 .. 1 i 0-50 Total .. 1 i 1-21 5 •• 5 4-25 5 1 6 3-00 .. •• 1 2 3 2-55 1 2 3 150 Diseases of the Alimentary Canal— Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Marasmus 1 . . i 1-21 i ,. i 0-85 2 . . 2 1-00 .. 1 1 1-21 2 i 3 2-55 2 2 4 2-00 Others i i 0-85 •• 1 i 0-50 Total .. 1 • • i 1-21 i i 2 1-70 2 1 3 1-50 .. 1 1 1-21 2 i 3 2'55 2 2 — 2-00 Diseases of the Liver— Total .. 1 1 1-21 i •• 1 0-85 i i 2 1-00 Diseases of the Urinary System and Organs of Generation Bright’s Disease, Nephritis, Uraemia^- Total .. i •• 1 1-21 i •• 1 0 85 2 •• 1-00 Ill-defined or not specified— Debility, Atrophy, Inanition i I 0-85 .. 1 1 0-50 Others i i 2 1-70 i 1 Total .. •• •• •• • • i 2 3 2-55 i 2 3 1 50 •• • • • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • All other Diseases not included in the above— Total .. 1 1 1-21 i •• 1 O'85 i i i 1-00 Grand Total .. 10 7 17 20*61 28 16 44 37-41 38 23 61 30-48 4 4 8 O -5 o 20 24 44; 37-41 24 28 52- 25-99 Of the above deaths, the following were uncertified 1904 Diphtheria, etc., 1 C.; Simple Cholera, etc., 2 C. ; Tuberculosis, etc., 1 C. Total, 4 C. 190.r>Tuberculosis, 1 C.; Heart Disease, etc., 9 C. ; All other Diseases, 1 C. Total, 5 C.