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:
[1958]
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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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    •34- 1958. INFANTILE MDR.TA T .TTY EU ROPE AN NAT! VE__ CO] LOURED ASIATIC ALL NON -EUR. M I' P M F P M F P M F ! P M F 3 ? During 1st. 24 hours 2 5 7 5 2 7 2 0 2 2 1 3 9 3 ri hid. - 7th day 2 3 5 4 4 S 0 1 1 2 5 7 6 10 16 L Week - 1 Month 0 0 0 4 7 11 0 1 1 4 2 6 8 10 18 L Month - 2 Months 0 0 0 12 3 15 0 0 0 3 2 15 5 20 ) Months - 5 Months 2 2 4 22 9 31 2 0 2 1 1 2 25 10 35 3 Months — S Months 0 1 1 9 7 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 8 17 ) Months - 11 Months 0 0 0 10 8 IS 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 9 20 DIAL i 6 11 17 66 40 106 4 2 6 13 13 26 S3 55 138 INFANTILE MDRTALITY RATES (Deaths per 1,000 Births) EUROPEAN NATIVE COLOURED | ASIATIC hiring 1st.24 hours nd. - 7th day . Week - 1 Month . Month - 2 Months Months - 5 Months Months — 8 Months Months - 11 Months 7 : 8.8 5 • 6.3 0 s 0 0 ; 0 4 % 5.0 1 2 1.3 0 ; 0 7 2 10.5 8 : 12.0 11 2 16.4 15 2 22.4 31 2 46.3 16 : 23.9 18 : 26.9 2 s 9.2 1 2 4.6 1 2 4.6 0 ; 0 2 2 9.2 0 s 0 0 ; 0 3 2 3.9 7 2 9.0 6 5 7.7 5 2 6.4 2 s 2.6 1 : 1.3 2-2 2,6 nfantile Mortality Rate 17 : 21.3 106 158.4 6 : 27.6 -— -——J 26 : 33.4 PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS AT ALL AGES OCCURRING IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE European » • 4.9$ Native • • 37.3$ Coloured 9 0 23.1$ Asiatic 0 0 17.8$ All Non-European 0 0 31.2$ All Races <9 O 19.6$ INFANTILE DEATHS FROM VARIOUS CAUSES EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL INFANTILE DEATHS EUROPEAN NATIVE COL OURED ASIATIC ALL NOME. No. f 7° No. i 7 7° No. i No. cif Jo No. 7 7°. alnutrition 0 0 26 24.5 0 0 0 0 26 -— 18.8 uberculosis (all forms) 0 0 1 0.9 o 0 1 3.8 2 1.4 astro-Enteritis 0 0 22 20.8 1 16.7 3 11.5 26 18.8 ronchitis & Pneumonia 1 5*9 25 23.6 0 0 4 15.4 29 21.0 alformations 2 11.8 0 0 0 0 1 3.8 1 0.7 ongenital Debility 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 re maturity 10 58.8 12 11.3 5 83.3 9 34.6 26 18.8 njury at Birth 1 5.9 2 1.9 0 0 5 19.2 7 5.1 sphyxia — Atelectasis 1 5.9 2 1.9 0 0 0 0 2 1.4 onvulsions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hooping Cough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 yphilis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 iphtheria 0 0 3 2.8 0 0 0 0 3 2.2 easles 0 0 1 0.9 0 0 0 0 1 0.72 orebro-spinal Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '^her specified causes 2 11.8 4 3.8 0 0 2 7.7 6 4.3 11-defined causes 0 0 8 7.5 0 0 1 3.8 9 6.5 17