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:
[1942]
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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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    ISOLATION HOSPITAL (a) Cases Admitted July 1st 1941 to June 30th 1042 Borough Cases E i N s C : A : Total Out-of-Borough Cases E : N : C ; A : Total Total Case Borough an Out/Boroug Diphtheria 33 :6:0:3s 42 17 s' 7:0:7 : 31 73 Scarlet fever 39 ; 0 • 1 : 0 : 40 8 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 8 48 Measles 31 : 3 ; 0 • 0 • 34 2 ; 2 : 0 : 0 s 4 38 Mumps 17 : 0 ; 0 • 0 ; 17 0 j 0 ; 0 : 0 ; 0 17 Whooping Cough 4 : 0 : 0 : 1 ; 5 1 : 0 i 0 • 1 : 2 7 Chicken Pox 15 : 3 : 0 ; 0 : 18 0 ; 6 : 0 ; 0 » 6 24 Erysipelas 3 ; 0 ; 0 : 0 • 3 2 ; 0 : 0 : 0 : 2 5 Meningitis 3 ; 0 • 1 ; 0 : 4 0 s 0 ; 0 ; 0 : 0 4 German Measles 16 : 0 ; 0 : 0 : .16 0 ; 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 16 Scabies 2 : 0 : 0 ; 0 : 2 0 s 0 : 0 ; 0 : 0 2 Anterior Poliomyeli' :is 8 .• 0 s 0 • 0 : 8 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 8 Murine Typhus 2 : 0 : 0 ; 0 : 2 2 : 0 ; 0 : 0 : 2 4 Observation 10 ; 0 i 0 : 0 : 10 2 : 1 s 0 : 0 : 3 13 TOTAL : 183 s 12: 2 : 4 : 201 34 : 16: 0 : 8 : ?8 259 | r . • (b) Average Stay in Hospital per Case.; Diphtheria e • 13 days Scarlet Fever • 0 24 days Whooping Cough D O 19 days Measles 9 o ... .... 19 days German Measles 9 O 7 days Chicken Pox O O 13 days Mump s o o 11 days Meningitis 0 9 20 days Anterior Poliomyelitis 9 O 19 days Other Diseases 9 O 7 days (c) Deaths; Europeans 3- Native 1. 2 Asiatics. Borough Cases o F, N C A Total Out-of-Borough Cases. F. N f! A Total... Total Cas Borough a] Ont/Rornuj Diphtheria I—1 • 0 I—1 o o o o o o O 0 o 2 : 1 : 0 : 1 : 4 5 Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 : 0 ; 0 : 0 ; 1 0 ; 0 ; 0 : 0 : 0 1