Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.
- Johannesburg
- Date:
- [1909]
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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![Monthly Return of Infectious Disease notified in Johannesburg from 1st July, 1907, to 30th June, 1908. J uly, Oct., Number of District. Disease. Race. Totals. Aug., Sept., 1907 Nov., Dec., •Tan., Feb, Mar, April, 1908 May, 1908 June, 1908 _ 1907 1907 1907 1907 1907 1908 1908 1908 I. II. III. ! i IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. ( E. Smallpox - - - J C. A. E. 2 1 1 . 1 f 228 20 18 30 59 51 17 9 1 4 4 6 9 23 25 9 12 9 28 43 19 5 18 14 Chickenpox - - -j C. 802 145 152 119 99 41 10 13 25 19 64 58 57 5 3 3 2 2 2 6 4 3 234 251 A. 2 2 2 f E. Amaas - - - - 0. l [ A. E. • Typhus - - - - C. A. A [ E. 446 27 4 13 18 42 95 81 64 32 38 17 15 34 26 16 28 17 29 44 35 16 55 19 Typhoid or Enteric Fever - - l C. 348 26 28 21 30 28 36 51 46 25 17 19 21 1 7 7 9 10 3 4 1 2 91 82 r A. 20 1 1 1 4 4 5 1 3 1 1 1 l 0 E. 2 2 1 i Gastric or Typho-Malarial Fever - C. A. 6 | E. 71 13 2 1 5 4 6 4 10 2 5 8 11 12 3 3 4 4 3 2 15 350 1 C. 439 35 25 15 33 26 26 50 29 35 52 64 49 2 89 | f A. E 10 795 70 65 83 1 79 2 80 9 r*J 54 | 4 64 37 80 58 1 57 68 34 131 52 9 19 102 121 48 27 20 1 24 Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina - C. 10 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 I A. 2 1 1 1 1 f E. 16 1 1 1 L 3 1 1 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 Puerperal Fever or Septicaemia - - C. 2 1 1 1 l Dysentery- - * i A. E. C. A. 152 390 58 3 16 6 3 12 4 6 10 1 41 35 8 30 63 7 21 42 5 10 46 12 10 54 1 9 41 6 7 45 9 10 20 3 2 6 3 17 4 28 2 1 9 I 1 7 3 4 3 17 12 2 14 9 1 4 79 5 4 101 2 f E. 31 2' 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 8 1 4 2 1 4 5 2 1 6 1 1 Diphtheria - ■ | C A. 3 1 1 1 1 f E- Membranous Croup - • 1 C. l A. E. 55 3 4 4 9 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 9 16 3 1 7 1 4 4 6 6 1 1 13 7 Erysipelas - “ ^ C. A. 30 6 3 5 1 1 2 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 f Leprosy - - ' j r E. C. A. 1 8 1 1 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 Plague - • ’ ^ Tj. c. A. f E. Intermittent or Relapsing Fever- j i c. A. 1 1 1 ■ ( Ankylostomiasis - \ i Pneumonia - j E. C 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 i A. E. C. A. 323 2,313 31 70 224 51 215 4 36 201 3 32 225 1 21 203 8 176 2 9 163 2 15 154 2 19 207 5 T 17 266 4 39 243 8 6* 36* 36 13 24 29 4 20 12 2 2 22 24 5 1 42 31 7 1 32 9 2 1 34 14 1 1 11 6 2 13 3 2 19 585 2 2 14 752 3 3 1 1 Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis - j E. C. A. 17 190 1 16 6 18 4 13 17 2 20 2 8 18 44 14 17 I 5 1 1 3 37 85 6 30 9 18 7 6 6 5 e y K 9 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 4 11 6 J Tuberculosis E. C 90 166 20 6 4 10 8 16 6 19 7 15 0 14 1 4 6 o 21 2 o fV 8 5 1 2 3 2 79 44 A. 7 1 1 2 2 Total of all Diseases - E. A. 2,230 4,706 136 230 473 8 161 466 10 188 400 7 253 467 12 244 414 14 219 319 11 191 358 20 151 359 162 350 17 147 483 10 153 422 15 131 195 3 185 30 256 47 2 123 28 3 183 50 9 107 49 14 225 16 4 273 33 1 143 13 2 90 9 4 130 1,136 9 85 1,674 13 — 711 637 595 - 732 672 549 569 519 529 640 590 329 215 305 154 242 170 245 307 158 103 1,275 1,772 TOTALS I L _ 1 * Pne umonia a md Meni ngitis ceased to be notifiable diseases on 1st June, 1908. tstrict No 1 includes that portion of Johannesburg (farm Randjeslaagte), south of the Railway and north of ‘ Commissioner Street. No. 2 includes Braamfontein, Hospital Hill and Hillbrow. No.* 3 includes Marshall’s Town and City and Suburban. No. 4 includes Ferreira’s, Fordsburg and Mayfair. r No. 5 includes The Brickfields, Vrededorp, the Cemetery and the Locations. No. 6 includes Jeppes, Jeppes Extension, Belgravia, etc. , p,invl Trnvovilb. No. 7 includes Doornfontein, New Doornfontein. Bertrams. Lore.ntzville. .Tnd . District District District District District District District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. 8 includes Berea, Yeoville, Bellevue, Bellevue East and North-Eastern suburban portion. 9 includes Auckland Park, Richmond, Melville, Newlands, Claremont and North-Western suburban portion. 10 includes Paarls Hoop and Mines from Robinson westwards to boundary. 11 includes Central Mines (from Ferreira to City and Suburban). ] •; includes Prospect Town, Denver and the Mines from Meyer and Charlton to Eastern boundary. 18 includes Ophirtou, Booysens, Turffontein, Rosettenville, etc. (Southern suburban portion).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31487762_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
