Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation.

  • Durban (South Africa). Public Health Department
Date:
[1970]
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Credit: Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Encephalitis There were 13 notifications of this disease during the year, five less than in the previous year. The following table sets out the aetiology of these cases and also indicates the racial incidence. Deaths are recorded in parenthesis. Aetiology E c B A Total Virus Encephalitis Measles Mumps 3 (2) l’(-) 1 (1) hi 4 121 10 i5) 2 ( - ] 3 (-) Total 4 (2) 1 (1) 3 (-) 7 (2) 15 (5) Five deaths were recorded and these were all due to virus encephalitis. The ages of the European deaths were 44 and 42 years, the Coloured death, one year ten months, and both the Asiatic deaths, four years. Erysipelas The single notification received was in respect of a European male aged 93 years. This case is also re¬ ferred to in my preceding annual report having twice con¬ tracted the disease during 1969- Gonococcal Ophthalmia The 17 notifications, 16 Bantu and one Asiatic, were all infants under the age of four weeks and were notified by the Special Clinic at King Edward VIII Hos¬ pital. This figure is seven more than during 19^9- Leprosy Two cases, both Bantu, were notified, which is seven less than the previous year. The cases were aged 31 years and 39 years, the former a female and the latter a male. One of the cases spent his annual holidays at his home near Estcourt and stated that an aunt of his had died of leprosy in the Leper Institution in Amatikulu. Malaria Four cases of malaria were notified during the year, all of whom were infected outside the borders of the Republic. In all instances plasmodium falciparum was responsible for the infection. There were no deaths.