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

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
Date:
[1923]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (54) Deaths of Males and Females at different Age Periods far each Race in the Colombo Municipality during the Year 1923. Age at Death. Euro¬ peans. Bur¬ ghers. Sinha¬ lese. Tamils. Moors. Malays. Others. All Races. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M, F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Under 1 year of age (see particulars of statement) ... • •• 3 3 51 40 577 517 165 173 140 143 44 28 22 23 1002 927 Under Five Years :— 1 year and under 2 ... • •• 1 — 15 11 191 192 46 41 56 69 16 19 7 6 332 338 2 years and under 3 ... • • • — 1 9 8 126 150 27 27 43 41 4 12 5 7 214 246 3 years and under. 4 ... • • • — — 2 4 66 95 15 18 14 27 3 5 2 5 102 154 4 years and under 5 ... • • • — — — 4 40 39 14 11 9 10 1 2 1 65 66 Over Five Years :— 5 years and under 10 ... # • • — — 5 7 82 95 22 29 13 34 5 10 2 2 129 177 10 years and under 15 ... ... — — 1 2 55 54 29 18 27 16 2 3 4 2 117 95 15 years and under 20 ... • • • 1 — 5 8 116 89 51 32 44 32 8 6 12 1 237 168 20 years and under 25 ... • • • 1 — 12 9 134 150 74 60 47 45 3 9 41 4 312 277 25 years and under 35 ... • •• 3 1 13 13 246 271 156 85 56 49 9 2 66 8 549 429 35 years and under 45 ... • • • 8 2 17 10 213 175 119 64 50 38 6 9 43 4 456 302 45 years and under 55 ... • • • 7 3 16 13 206 135 96 39 55 23 8 5 20 1 408 219 55 years and under 65 ... 4 2 24 11 187 105 77 30 59 32 10 5 15 3 376 188 65 years and under 75 ... • • • — 3 18 8 125 110 35 23 42 27 9 10 4 1 233 182 75 years and under 85 ... • • • 1 — 5 17 89 83 22 22 32 27 7 4 8 1 164 154 85 years and over • • • 1 — 6 2 61 82 13 27 33 33 7 5 1 4 122 153 Total • • • 30 15 199 167 2514 2342 960 699 720 646 142 134 253 72 4818 4075 Persons ... 45 366 4,856 1,659 1,366 276 325 8,893 (55) Infant Mortality. Deaths at different Age Periods and from Several Causes. Age. Race. Cause of Death. Age in Weeks. Age in Months. m P d <D 02 u 02 02 QD O 1 2 3 4 Total. 2 3 4 5 6 7-9 10-12 Total. P C U P K hi U S3 « cS A g 02 Tamil Moors >- ca d s Othert rH < I.—Development Diseases :— 1. Premature birth 170 15 7 5 197 5 1 6 2 5 162 21 9 i 3 203 2. Atalectasis 1 1 2 3, Atrophy and debility... 143 41 31 37 252 65 34 22 26 18 28 15 208 IS 224 103 79 26 13 460 4. Others 5 2 1 — 8 2 2 1 1 3 3 12 1 14 2 1 1 1 20 II.—Diseases of Respiratory System :— 1. Laryngitis — 2. Croup — 3. Bronchitis — — 3 5 8 9 12 9 6 7 12 6 61 8 33 14 13 1 69 4. Pneumonia 2 — 1 8 11 15 22 16 19 22 63 26 183 12 119 21 27 10 5 194 5. Others — — — — — 1 2 — — 1 — — 4 4 — — — — 4 III.—Diseases of Digestive System :— 1. Diarrhoeal 3 1 5 10 19 34 29 21 13 18 58 21 194 1 15 119 29 31 12 6 213 2. Dentition — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3. Others 3 2 3 9 17 8 7 7 4 3 2 1 32 1 3 32 6 4 2 1 49 IV.—Diseases of Nervous System :— 1. Convulsions 107 45 25 23 200 77 46 31 30 31 45 20 280 1 22 224 109 101 13 10 480 2. Laryngismus stridulus, — 3. Tetanus 3 2 2 — 7 — — — — — — — — — — 2 3 — 1 1 7 4. Others — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — V.—Tuberculous Diseases :— 1. Tabes messenterica ... — 2. Tubercular meningitis. — — — — — — 2 — — — 1 3 6 — 3 2 1 — 6 3. Others 2 — 1 — 3 — — — — 1 — — 1 1 3 — -■ 4 VI.—Accidents :— 1. Injury — 2. Umbilical haemorrhage — 3. Suffocation 1 — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 4. Other violence 11 ] — — 12 — — — — — 1 — 1 — — 13 — — 13 VII.—Infectious Diseases :— 1. Smallpox — — — —• — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2. Chickenpox — — 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 3. Measles — — — — — — — — 1 2 1 4 1 2 — 1 4 4. Whooping cough — 5. Mumps 1 1 — 6 Diphtheria — — — — — — — — — — — I — — 1 7. Cerebro-spinal fever ... -1 8. Scarlet fever — VIII.—Syphilis 10 2 1 3 16 13 9 4 6 4 6 1 43 2 49 4 4- — - 59 IX.—All other Causes 14 3 4 11 32 19 17 7 7 14 26 17 107 5 89 24 12 5 4 139 Total ... 475 115 85 111 786 248 182 117 113 121 248 114 1143 6 u 1094 338; 283 '2 4 5 1929