Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg.

  • Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Public Health Department
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 1959. (1) VITAL STATISTICS: POPULATION; This is an estimate of the population as at December 31st, 1959, calculated for Vital Statistical purposes. Temporary Visitors, the inmates of the Mental Hospital and Fort Napier Institution, the prisoners in the Gaols and the patients in the Hospitals and the Sanatorium are excluded. This estimate is based on the Government Census of May 8th, 1951. Surupc&n Native 1 i C olcured Asiatic All Non-Eur. All Races ] Male 19,050 19,770 * i 2,301 16,160 38,531 57, ATI Female 20,720 11,530 i 2,690 16,060 30,280 | •51,000 PERSONS 39,770 31,300 i 1 5,291 32,220 ——Hi ! 63,811 108,581 TOTAL BIRTHS REGISTERED (A) RESIDENTS Male Female Persons Percentage of Illeg. to all Births Birth Rate per 1,000 Population Leg. Hleg. Leg. Illeg. Leg. Illeg. Total European 396 3 377 1 773 4 777 0.5% 19.5 Native 127 193 116 194 243 387 630 61 Aj 15.8 Coloured 80 11 91 16 179 27 206 13.1/£ 38.9 Asiatic 411 1 420 5 831 6 837 0.7f 25.9 All Non-Eur. 626 205 627 215 1253 420 ; 1673 25.1/£ . 24.3 All Races 1022 208 —-- 1004 216 i 2026 [ 424 ! ..J, ... i 2450 — 17.5% 22.6 . _m m ^_m b mwm B | I (B) N CN -RESIDENTS Male Female Persons Percentage of Illeg. to all Births Leg. Illeg. Leg. Illeg. Leg. Illeg. Total European 1 ' 140 > 159 0 279 1 m o ■k Nat ive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coloured 13 3 5 2 18 5 23 21.7% Asiatic 15 0 4 0 19 0 19 0 All Non-Err. 28 3 9 2 37 5 42 11.9%