Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / City Council of Pretoria.

  • Pretoria (South Africa). Health Department.
Date:
[1960]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / City Council of Pretoria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nori'Europeans: Site of disease:— Native: Buccal cavity and pharynx. Other digestive organs and Peritoneum. Lung. Uterus. Larynx. Breast.. Stomach and Duodenum. Male and female urinary organs. Female Genital Organs. Pancreas . Bones. Other and unspecified organs. Tumours of brain and other parts of nervous system.. Oesophagus. Rectum. Liver. Prostate. Asiatics: Lung. Eurafrican: Oesophagus. Liver. Uterus. Lung. Stomach and Duodenum. Brain. Other and unspecified organs. Breast. 3 1 3 (1) 5 3 3 (7) 1 (■—) 2 (-) 4 (2) 1 (2) 1 (-) 1 (1) 3 (1) — (1) 1 (3) 15 (4) — (1) 9 (16) 1 (1) 1 (-) _ (1) — (1) 1 <-) 1 (-) 2 (2) 1 (-) — (1) — (1) 59 (50) 2. DISEASES OF THE HEART: Death rate per 1,000 European population 2.01 (2.14) Europeans 312 (329) Non-Europeans 190 (97) [Natives 85 (80), Asiatics 15 (9), Eurafricans 9 (8)] 3. BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA: Europeans 122 (98) Non-Europeans 205 (154) [Natives 195 (145), Asiatics 4 (4), Eurafricans 6 (5)]. 4. INFLUENZA: Europeans — (—) Non-Europeans — (1) [Natives — (1), Eurafricans — (—)]. 5. TYPHOID FEVER: Europeans — (1). Non-Europeans 1 (2). [Natives 1 (2)]. 6. TUBERCULOSIS: Europeans 5 (4). Non-Europeans 35 (30). .. [Natives 34 (29), Eurafricans 1 (1), Asiatics — (—)]. 7. DIABETES: Europeans 6 (11). Non-Europeans 4 (4). [Natives 4 (1), Asiatics — (2), Eurafricans — (1)].