Registered Pharmacists (excluding Government
Pharmacists)
47
Registered Nurses (excluding Government
Nurges)
739
Registered Dressers (excluding Government
Dressers)
7
Registered Midwives (excluding Government
Midwives)
743
Legislation.
18. The most important legislation affecting the public health enacted during the year was the Undesirable Medical Advertisements Ordinance. 1953. This Ordinance was neces- sitated by the widespread practice of advertising quack cures in the vernacular preas. The legislation was modelled on Nigerian and United Kingdom enactments.
19. A substantial number of regulations, bills and orders were brought into force. These are listed in Appendix 2.
IL VITAL STATISTICS
(Note. All statistics in this report are in respect of the calendar year 1952).
Population.
20. The estimated population of the Colony at the end of the year was 2,250,000.
Births.
21. During the year 71,976 births as compared with 68,500 in 1951 were registered. There was however a drop in the birth rate from 34 to 32 per thousand. The number of attended births (ie. attended by a doctor or midwife) was 69,491 as compared with 67,444 in the previous year. of these attended births are set forth in Appendix 3.
Details
Deaths.
22. The number of deaths registered during the year was 19,459, a figure representing a drop of 1,121 as compared with 20,680 deaths registered during the year 1951. The death rate calculated by using the estimated population is 8.6 per thousand as compared with 10.2 per thousand in the previous year.
Infant Mortality.
23. There were 5,546 deaths of infants under one year during the year as compared with 6,285 in the year 1951. There was a welcome drop in the infant mortality rate, the figure of 77.1 per thousand live births comparing with 91.8 per thousand live births in 1951.
24. Whereas in 1951 the deaths in infants under one year provided 30.5% of the total deaths, the infant deaths in 1952 only provided 28.5% of total deaths.
26. The following Table shows the infant and neo-natal deaths and also the neo-natal death rate per thousand live births for the years 1951 - 1952.
TABLE 1.
Nex-natal Mortality Hale.
Age Period
1951
1952
ti day
191
282
I-7 days 1-4 wukaku
ANA WANAO blondage boysTERNET le paddle
1 Cal map cha MAANIKAKKdatkowy pod chman ADA
814
735
DENTISTA PROTISTILLATER
936
073
4 weeks 3 months POPS MOTOROROG 3-6 month
1,238
1,003
1,151
874
6-9 months TAmandala ANPE MANAGEMENTONALNOG 9-13 month
967
935
788
846
Totul under 1 year...............ungeeConn Infant Mortality rate,pamamagita
6,285
5,546
91.8
17.1
No. of deaths under 4 worki
2,141
J,890
Neo-natal Mortality rate ............revakrestorması
31.3
26.3
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