Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the public health ... / Cape of Good Hope.
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Department of Public Health.
- Date:
- [1908]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the public health ... / Cape of Good Hope. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table 3.—Showing the number of Births recorded during the years 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908 in the Colony Proper, Bechuanaland, Native Territories and Walfish Bay, with Race and Sex distinction. All Races. European. Fingo, Kafir and Bechuana. Mixed and Other. §' M. ! F. P. M. F. P. M. F. P. M. F. ] P. 1908. Colony Proper 26,043 24,938 50,981 9,206 8,604 17,810 7,182 6,989 14,171 9,655 9,345 19,000 Bechuanaland* . . 904 865 1,769 199 210 409 502 459 961 203 196 399 Transkeian Terri- tories, including Pondoland* 3,856 3,889 7,745 289 272 561 3,457 3,495 6,952 110 122 232 Walfish Bay 10 9 25 2 2 14 9 23 “ At Sea ” 3 P 4 3 1 4 Total 30,822 29,702 60,524 9,699 9,087 18,786 11,141 10,943 22,084 9,982 9,672 19,654 1907. Colony Proper 25,907 24,950 50,857 9,507 8,958 18,465 6,843 6,720 13,563 9,567 9,272 18,829 Bechuanaland* . . 865 884 1,749 186 224 410 512 496 1,008 167 164 331 Transkeian Terri¬ tories, including Pondoland* 3,947 3,829 7,776 257 270 527 3,572 3,462 7,034 118 97 215 Walfish Bay 16 16 32 1 1 2 1 1 2 14 14 28 “ At Sea ” 1 1 1 1 Total 30,736 29,679 60,415 9,952 9,453 19,405 10,928 10,679 21,607 9,856 9,547 19,403 1906. Colony Proper 24,638 23,729 48,367 9,284 8,821 18,105 6,148 5,949 12,097 9,206 8,959 18,165 Bechuanaland* • 877 847 1,724 213 21 1 424 501 483 984 163 153 316 Transkeian Terri- tories, including Pondoland* 3,897 3,859 7,756 281 279 560 3,508 3,457 6,965 108 123 231 Walfish Bay 10 7 17 1 1 2 9 6 15 “ At Sea ” 4 2 6 4 2 6 Total 29,426 28,444 57,870 9,783 9,314 19,097 10,157 9,889 20,046 9,486 9,241 18,727 1905. Colony Proper 22,491 21,639 44,130 8,417 8,026 16,443 5,576 5,349 10,925 8,498 8,264 16,762 Bechuanaland* 823 833 1,656 209 190 399 461 495 956 153 148 301 Transkeian Terri¬ tories, including 87 98 185 Pondoland* 3,555 3,656 7,211 229 236 465 3,239 3,322 6,561 Walfish Bay 16 13 29 1 2 3 1 1 2 14 10 24 “ At Sea ” 2 2 2 2 Total 26,887 26,141 53,028 8,858 8,464 17,312 | 9,277 9,167 18,444 8,752 8,520 17,272 1904. Colonv Proper 23,653 22,766 46,419 9,006 8,602 17,608 6,035 5,712 11,747 8,612 8,452 17,064 Bechuanaland* . . 820 789 1,609 198 174 372 506 499 1,005 116 116 232 Transkeian Terri¬ tories, including 3,974 8,094 102 184 Pondoland* 4,471 4,286 8,757 249 230 479 4,120 82 Walfish Bav 10 6 16 1 1 2 2 i 9 4 13 “ At Sea ” 1 1 1 1 Total 28,954 27,848 56,802 9,454 9,007 18,461 10,661 10,187 20,848 8,839 8,654 17,493 * The Registration of Births amongst the Natives in these Territories is imperfect. § Including Malays and Hottentots. Relative Numbers of Male and Female Births. In South Africa as elsewhere, a larger proportion of males are born than females, and this holds good for all races, as the following figures (Table 4), showing the number of males born to every 100 females during each of the last ten years, will serve to demonstrate. The proportion, although it varies slightly from year to year, is highest among Europeans, and over the entire period it is seen to be 105 69 males to every hundred females born ; for the Bantu races Fingo, Kafii and Bechuana, 103T9,and for Hottentot, Mixed and Coloured races, 103 04. In England and Wales, the proportion of males born to females also varies slightly from year to year, namely, from 103‘2 to 1054 per hundred , in the last thirty years, however, it has remained fairly steady at about 103’7.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31482041_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
