Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City.

  • Egypt. Cairo City Health Inspectorate.
Date:
[1926]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The total of all Infectious Diseases notified during 1926 was 6,185 which includes 510 cases coming from outside Cairo, so that the total for Cairo proper was 5,675 as compar¬ ed with 5,819 in 1925. Out of this total 3,565 with a mortality of 1,064 were cases belonging to the eight principal diseases. The remainder includes 1,203 of Influenza, 217 of Chicken-pox, 340 of Whooping Cough, 191 of Mumps, 37 of Tetanus, 77 of Puerperal Fever and 45 of Rabies. The rate per thousand of population for the eight principal diseases was 4,148 as compared with 4,172 in 1925 while the rate of deaths to cases was 29-8 as compared with 37-4 in the previous year. See Tables VI, VII, VIII and IX, and Figure 1. Small-pox. The total number of cases notified during the year 1926 was 101 as against 21 cases in the previous year. The rate of cases per thousand of population was 0T17. There were 21 deaths from this disease. The death-rate per thousand of population was 0-024 and the rate of deaths to cases recorded was 20-8 per cent. See Table X (with Fig. 2) and Chart V. Incidence of Small-pox cases according to age :— Under one year. 4 From 1 to 5 y68/is ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 13 >> 5 to 10 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 12 10 to 15 29 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 13 99 15 to 25 29 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 31 99 25 years and up . 28 Total . 101