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:
[1973]
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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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    SMALLPOX VACCINATION Vaccination of infants (all races) has been carried out at the Municipal Infant Welfare Clinics and adults applying to the Public Health Department are also vaccinated- This service serves to supplement the free service available to the public through the Public Vaccination carried out by the District Surgeon, and the vaccination carried out by the General Practitioners, returns of which are no longer recdved by this Department. It should be noted that the Public Health Department cannot issue an International Certificate of Vaccination. The num.ber of primary vaccinations carried out by this Department at its Clinics during this period was 3 ^22. (White: 7^2; Coloured: 286; Bantu: 37^; Asian 1 838)0 Re-vaccinations totalled 1 I78. (White: 403; Coloured: 122; Bantu: 69; Asian: 382). Vaccination is also carried out on certain Bantu attending pre¬ employment examinatbn at the Pass Office. (See page 1,Chapter VI). MATERNAL MORTALITY No deaths were recorded. The Midwifery Training School at Grey's Hospital (the Provincial Hospital) provides miidwifery services for Whites, Coloureds and Asians in the wards of Grey's Hospital, and District Midwifery Services in Pieter¬ maritzburg for Whites, Coloureds and Asians. In addition, Ante-Natal Clinic Services for these I’aces are provided. A weekly Ante-Natal Clinic session has been com.menced by Grey's Hospital staff in the Northdale Municipal Infant Welfare Clinic building. This facility has been granted to the Province free of charge by the City Council. The Bantu Maternity Wards and Ante-Natal Services at Imbali are provided at the General Hospital at Edendale. Bantu District Midwifery is carried out in the Sobaiitu Village by a Municipal Bantu Midwife. The following figures have been supplied by the courtesy of the Medical Superintendent of Grey's Hospital: (a) Ante-Natal Clinic Attendances: Whites Coloureds Asians TOTAL 1 316 2 682 10 712 ]7f 910 (12 261 last year) Of these, one White, l4 Coloureds and I3 Asians reacted positively to VDRL Tests. (b) Total number of District Midwifery Visits: Whites Coloureds Asians TOTAL 428 1 746 6 029 8 203 (10 310 last year) / Sobantu