Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    12/86 (page 5)
    IV.—Deaths. The classification of causes of deaths given in this report is in accordance with the third revision of the International List as amended to suit local conditions and adopted by the Regi st ra r- G eneral. (a) General Death-rate. There were 7,217 deaths registered during 1927, as against 7,466 deaths in 1926, representing a crude death-rate of 27*6, as against 28*8 in 1926 and 31*3 the average for the preceeding ten years 1917-1926. Excluding the deaths of 1,459 non-residents in Colombo hospitals and including the deaths of Colombo residents in hospitals outside Colombo, the corrected death-rate was 22*7, which is the lowest corrected death-rate so far recorded in Colombo. (b) Ward Death-rates. When corrected for deaths in hospitals of town residents, viz., 1,287, the ward with the highest death-rate was Mntwal (30*1) and the one with the lowest death-rate was Cinnamon Gardens (6*6). (8) Colombo Town Ward Death-rates for the Year 1927. Ward. Average Crude No. Death-rate, of Deaths, Crude Death-rate, Death-rate corrected for Deaths in Colombo Hospitals, 1927. ... 22*0 Death-rate IncreaseorDe- corrected crease of 1927 for Deaths corrected rate in Colombo when compar- Colombo Town 1917 to 1926. 31*3 1927. ... 7,217 1927. ... 27*6 Hospitals, previous Year. ... 23*4 ed with cor¬ rected ratefor previousYear. ... -1*4 Fort 10*5 20 6*9 ... • 9*7 ... 13*7 -4*0 Pettah 8*6 54 6*6 ... 14*1 ... 10*5 + 3*6 San Sebastian 21*4 ... 237 ... 19*2 ... 23*3 ... 19*4 + 3*9 St. Paul’s 24*8 ... 451 ... 18*0 ... 22*3 ... 24*5 -2*2 Kotahena 1 23*2 ■ ... 409 ... 13*9 ... 17*1 ... 18*3 -1*2 Mutwal ... J ... 513 ... 25*6 ... 30*1 ... 30*8 -0*7 New Bazaar 25*6 593 ... 23*7 ... 28*0 ... 24*5 + 3*5 Maradana North 1 f ... 439 ... 19*0 ... 25*2 ... 26*0 -0*8 Maradana South . !► 20*0 ... 261 ... 13*1 ... 18*7 ... 17*3 + 1*4 Dematagoda l ... 346 ... 18*5 ... 25*5 ... 30*2 -4*7 Slave Island 25*2 ... 410 ... 17*7 ... 22*1 ... 26*6 -4*5 Kollupitiya 177 j ... 169 ... 11*0 ... 15*4 ... 15*2 + 0*2 Cinnamon Gardens ... ... 46 4*5 6*6 8*8 -2*2 Bambalapitiya •••] I 75 7*3 ... 11*3 ... 13*8 -2*5 Timbirigasyaya 12*7 ... 142 ... 21*0 ... 27*6 ... 25*6 + 2*0 Wellawatta 1 l ... 182 ... 15*7 ... 21*0 ... 19*4 + 1*6 Hospitals • • • — ... 2,870 ... — ... — ... — — Note.—(1) The Colombo town crude death-rate includes 1,459 deaths of non-residents in Colombo hospitals and the Ward crude death-rates exclude 1,287 deaths of town residents in hospitals. (2) In working out the corrected death-rate for Mutwal Ward the number of deaths in the Home for Vagrants and House of Detention (which institutions are situated in Mutwal Ward) are deducted. (c) Racial Death-rates. The highest death-rate was again amongst the Malays, 33*5, as against 37*9 the average for the preceding ten years and 35*6 the rate for the previous year. This is a slight improvement. The lowest rate was amongst the Europeans, 16*4, as against their decennial average of 18*3. (9) Racial Death-rates, 1927. Increase or Death-rate Death-rate Decrease of Decrease due corrected Death-rate A™fe No. of nC™def Deaths, Death-rate, iq97 ’ 1917 to 1926. Crude Death-rate 1927. corrected for Crude Death- to correction for Deaths further Race. Deaths of rate, 1927, when com¬ for Deaths of of Colombo corrected ’ Non-residents Non-residents Residents in for Age in Colombo pared with in Colombo Hospitals and Sex * Hospitals. Average Crude Hospitals. outside Distribution. Death-rate. Colombo. All Races ... 31*3 ... 7,217 ... 27*6 ... 22*0 ... -3*7 . . 5*6 ... 22*7 . . 26*5 Europeans ... 18*3 ... 50 ... 16*4 ... 11*5 ... -1*9 . . 4*9 ... Burghers ... 23*0 ... 320 ... 20*1 ... 17*9 ... -2*9 . . 2*2 ... Sinhalese ... 35*6 ... 3,974 ... 32*3 ... 22*1 ... -3*3 . . 10*2 ... Tamils ... 27*4 ... 1,328 ... 22*9 ... 21*1 ... -4*5 . . 1*8 ... Moors ... 29*6 ... 1,054 ... 24*8 ... 24*4 ... -4*8 . . 0*4 ... Malays ... 37*9 ... 210 ... 33*5 ... 32*8 ... -4*4 . . 0*7 ... Others ... 22*7 ... 281 ... 21*5 ... 19*3 ... -1*2 . . 2*2 ...