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

  • Pretoria (South Africa). Health Department.
Date:
[1955]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health / City Council of Pretoria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The value of unrateable land and buildings were £12,059,423 and £15,893,857 respec¬ tively. The total values therefore were: Land. £39,833,202 Buildings. 83,672,450 £123,505,652 For the year under review the rates imposed were 7d. per £ on land and l|d. per £ on buildings. POPULATION. European. 142,000 Native. 96,100 Asiatic. 6,300 Eurafrican. 5,500 The population figures are an estimate as at 30th June, 1955, and have kindly been supplied by the Department of Census and Statistics, to whom we are grateful for statistical information so willingly given whenever it is sought. The Principal Vital Statistics for the year under review corrected for outward transfers are:— Population. Birth Rates. Death Rates. Infantile Mortality per 1,000 live births .. Percentage of illegitimate to live births. Death Rate from Tuber¬ culosis (Pulmonary) per 1,000 population) . . Death Rate from Tuber¬ culosis, all forms, per 1,000 population. European Native Asiatic 142,000 27.30 6.62 96,100 33.26 10.56 6,300 40.95 9.37 29.67 121.09 69.77 0.62 36.23 — 0.03 0.48 0.32 0.04 0.55 0.48 Eurafrican Total Non- All European Races 5,500 107,900 249,900 40.91 34.10 30.23 13.64 10.65 8.36 93.33 115.79 71.61 23.56 33.19 16.48 0.91 0.49 0.23 0.91 0.57 0.27 BIRTHS. The following births were registered in Pretoria during the year (figures for 1953-1954 in brackets):— Local Births. Births where mothers not residents of Pretoria . . Illegitimate births (inclu¬ ded in local births) . . Stillbirths. European Native Asiatic 3,876 3,196 258 (3,823) (2,929) (231) 1,256 (1,074) — — 24 1,168 — (35) (1,040) (3) 45 (39) ’ Eurafrican Total Non- All European Races 225 3,679 7,555 (193) (3,353) (7,176) _ 1,446 2,702 (656) (1,730) 53 1,221 1,245 (53) (1,096) (1,131) — 126 171 (73) (112) BIRTH RATES. European . . Native. Asiatic. Eurafrican . . All non-European All Races .. 27.30 (27.44) 33.26 (31.73) 40.95 (37.26) 40.91 (36.42) 34.10 (32.30) 30.23 (29.52)