Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation.

  • Durban (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 6 LIN CnUSLS OF DL^TH : CITY C^SES ONLY. (Figures for 1938-39 in brackets) Cancels Site of Disease. Buccal Cavity & Pharynx Digestive Organs & Peritoneum Respiratory Organs Uterus Other Female Genital Organs Female Urinary Organs Breast Male Genito Urinary Organs Skin Various other Organs Non Malignant Tumours Tumours of undetermined nat¬ ure. Luropean Coloured • » c3 5 3 9 (5) (39) ( 2) ( 7) ( 3) 4 ( 1) 12 (10) 4 1 ( 2) 14 European death rate per 1,000 2. Diseases of the Heart. European death rate per 1,000 (25) ( 2) 113 (99) 1.22 (1.09) 179 (152) 1.92 (1.51) 3. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. European death rate per 1,000 4. Influenza. European death rate per 1,000 5. Typhoid. European death rate per 1,000 6. Appendicitis. European death rate per 1,000 7. Tuberculosis. European death rate per 1,000 8. Diabetes. European death rate per 1,000 9* Apoplexy. European death rate per 1,000 82 (99) .88 (1.09) 5 (5) .055 (.055) £ (6) .055 (.066) 5 (5) .052 (.033) 38 (50) .41 (.55) 7 (10) 075 (.11) 47 (31) .51 (.34) Native Asiatic. 29 10, Diseases of Kidneys. Nephritis Other Diseases of kidneys European death rate per 1,000 11. Diseases of the arteries. European death rate per 1,000 12. Diseases o f the Liver. European death rate per 1,000 64 (43) 10 ( 4) 7 1 .81 (.52) 55 (44) r'9 (.47) 10 (15) .11 (.16) 7 (2) 1 (-) 1 (1) - (-) 1 (l) ** (l) - (1) - (1) 4 14 (7) 28 (24) (”) (1) (16) (3) (5) (4) (-) (4) (-) 21 34 7 12 2 -) 14 (11) 1 (-) 4 (5) 1 (3) - (1) 10 (6) 1 (-) 15 (12) 42 (74) 285 (165( 33 ~(26) 144 (113) 453 (378) (3 (-) 12 (7] (2: 11 (12) 7 (4) (7) 187 (101 (- (39 (9) (-) (5) (3) 157 (165) (7*) 38 (30} 81 6 (63) ( 2) (20) 12 ( 9)