Annual medical report / Southern Nigeria.

  • Nigeria, Southern. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: Annual medical report / Southern Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths. Western Province.—Heat Apoplexy (10 cases) Cardiac Failure Pneumonia ... Apoplexy Myocarditis ... Black water Fever . Cerebral Tumour Hyperpyrexia Fracture of Skull . Central Province.—Malaria (9 cases) Dysentery Blackwater Fever . Liver Abscess Congestion of Brain Eastern Province.—Colitis (7 cases) Eabies Dysentery Beri-Beri Septicsemia ... Pneumonia ... Pernicious Anaemia. Cases. 1 ] 1 •2 1 1 1 1 (In Lagos Roads) 1 (Syrian) 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 26 CxENEKAL POPULATION. Vital Statistics.—No reliable statistics of the total population of Southern Nigeria are available since those afforded by the Census of 1911, which were quoted in the Annual Medical Beport for that year. If, however, an estimate of five per cent, increase in the native population be assumed during the year 1912, the total native population of Southern Nigeria would be 8,248,536. Total Births and Birth Rates.—Registration not compulsory except in the Colony. Total Deaths and Death Rates.—Registration not compulsory except in the Colony. Infantile Mortality.—Registration not compulsory except in the Colony. Statistics for Lagos and Ebute Metta are shown below. LAGOS. Year. Total Births. Birth rate per 1,000. Total Deaths. Death rate per 1,000. Death,s. Total Deaths under 5 years. Rate per 1,000. Total Still¬ births not in¬ cluded in Return. Estimated Popula¬ tion. Under 1 year. Rate per 1,000. Between 1 and 2 yeais. Between 2 and 3 years. Between 3 and 4 years. Bet- wee a 4 and 6 years. 1909 2,312 43-3 1,975 37-0 729 13-6 135 90 52 49 1,055 19-4 155 53,299 1910 2,389 44-2 1,937 35-8 774 14-3 78 61 54 44 1,011 18-7 123 53,986 1911 2,430 39-8 1,873 30-7 692 11-3 74 54 38 31 889 14-5 132 61,000 1912 2,391 39-1 1,829 29-9 670 10-9 108 50 29 35 892 11-3 118 61,000
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