Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.

  • Johannesburg (South Africa)
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OE DEATH. The causes of and ages at death and the local distribution are analysed in the usual Tables for “ Whites,” “ Natives,” “ Eurafricans ” and “ Asiatics ” respectively. For reasons of economy, these voluminous tables have not, however, been printed, but are available for inspection. FACTORS OF MORTALITY, 1986-37, 1937-38, 1988-39. DISEASE Enteric Fever .. Measles Scarlet Fever .. Whooping Cough .. Diphtheria and Croup ... Influenza Tuberculosis of Lung's ... Other Forms of Tuberculosis... Cancer Meningitis Cerebral Haemorrhage and Softening 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 DISEASE Deaths Rates Deaths Rates Deaths f Rates Deaths Rates Death Rates Deaths Rates w. 15 0'057 20 0'07 14 0-05 VV. 528 2-01 586 2-16 647 2-27 N. 40 0*21 43 021 34 0'15 Diseases of N. 222 1-12 291 1-43 209 0*95 E. 4 O’ 18 4 018 2 009 the Heart .. ] E. 69 3-13 64 2-82 55 2-35 A. 3 0 29 1 0-09 3 0-27 A. 21 2-04 36 3-40 20 1-83 W. 1 0004 21 0'08 12 004 VV. 31 0-12 21 0-08 10 0-03 N. 11 0'06 7 0-03 10 0‘04 Acute J N. 100 0-50 64 0-31 93 0-42 E. — — 4 0-18 — — Bronchitis ... i E. 18 0-82 11 0-49 12 0-51 A. 1 ouo 3 0'28 1 0-09 A. 11 1-07 9 0-84 14 1 1-28 W. 2 0-008 _ _ 2 0-007 / VV. 27 o-io 49 0-18 34 0-12 N. — — — — — — Chronic j N 11 0-06 18 0-09 41 0-19 E. — — 1 0-044 — — Bronchitis ...4 E. 8 0-36 4 0-18 5 0-21 A. *- — — — — — ( A. 5 0-48 5 0-47 3 0-27 W. 26 0-10 7 0-03 18 0'06 VV. 350 1'33 317 1*17 225 0-79 N. 20 0-10 7 003 16 007 Pneumonia ...< N. 921 4-67 970 4-76 730 3-30 E. 4 0-18 — — 3 013 E. 124 5-62 128 5-64 110 4-70 A. 3 0'29 — — — 1 A. 61 5-94 65 6-13 54 4-93 W. 13 0 050 7 003 13 0-05 j VV. 30 o-ii 55 0-20 47 0-16 N. 2 o-oi 3 0015 2 0-009 Silicosis ...< N. 4 0-02 8 0-04 4 0-02 E. 2 0‘09 2 0-09 1 0-04 E. 2 0-09 2 0-09 3 0-13 A. — — — — 1 0-09 ( A. — — — — 1 0-09 VV. 46 0-18 53 0-20 35 012 Other | Respiratory < Diseases ... I VV. 32 0-12 62 0-23 42 0*15 1ST. 36 0-18 52 0255 28 0-13 N. 21 o-ii 26 0-13 22 o-io E. 5 0-23 2 0-09 3 0-13 E. 8 0-36 6 0-26 6 0-26 A. 1 o-io 4 0-38 2 018 A. 3 0-29 4 0-38 4 0-36 W. 43 0164 40 015 52 0-18 VV. 114 0-43 138 0‘51 80 0-28 N. 209 ro6 193 0-95 226 102 Diarrhoea and I N. 474 2-40 461 2-26 433 1-96 E. 42 D90 40 176 38 1'62 Enteritis ...\ E. 68 3-08 67 2-95 50 2-14 A. 12 D17 8 0-76 15 D37 \ A. 20 1-95 26 2-45 24 2-19 VV. 14 0 053 13 0-05 14 0-05 Acute Nephritis ( and Bright's -r VV. 95 0-36 131 0-48 95 | 0-33 N. 43 0-21 88 043 85 0 38 N. 33 0-17 36 0-18 55 0-25 E. 6 0 27 6 0-26 14 060 E. 11 1 0-49 10 0-44 12 0-51 A. 3 0'29 r» 0-09 2 0'18 Disease ... 1 A. 4 j 0-39 4 0-38 7 0-64 W. 262 O'998 273 COO 304 1-07 Congenital / W. 171 j 065 167 0-61 152 0-53 N. 31 0-16 32 016 39 0-18 Malformation J N. 138 0-69 208 1-02 223 1-09 E. 13 058 17 0’75 10 0-43 Premature & | E. 27 P22 29 1-28 39 1-66 A. 6 0-59 1 009 5 0'45 Early Infancy V A. 15 1-46 20 P89 20 1-83 VV. 23 0-09 6 0-02 16 0'06 / W. 181 0-69 198 0-73 262 0-91 N. 32 0-16 36 3 0-18 19 0'09 Violent Deaths < N. 434 2-20 373 P83 518 ; 2-34 E. 3 014 0-13 i 0'04 E. 25 1-13 32 P41 35 1-60 A. — — 4 0-36 ( A. 4 0-39 5 0-47 12 ' 1-10 VV. 52 0*019 23 0'08 19 0'07 N. 12 0'06 7 0-34 8 0 04 E. 12 0'54 4 0'18 6 0-26 A. 4 039 2 0-19 1 1 0-09 The following observations are suggested by an inspection of this table: — (1) That during 1938-39 the chief factors of mortality were: — (a) For Whites.—Heart diseases (647), cancer (804), violent deaths (262), pneumonia (225), premature birth and early infancy (152), nephritis (95),