Institutes (Hans Snyckers Institute)
Permanent URI for this collectionhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21663
A medical information system of diseases and disease patterns peculiar to the indigenous people of Southern Africa
Browse
Recent Submissions
Now showing 1 - 20 of 25
Item Urbanization of developing populations : bearing of rise in privilege on the prevalence of diseases of nutritional deficiency and excessWalker, A.R.P. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1975)No abstract availableItem A preliminary report on 1 402 consecutive autopsies on native mine workersFischer, W.O. (South African Medical Association, 1929-09-08)No abstract availableItem Biological and disease patterns in South African inter-racial populations as modified by rise in privilegeWalker, Alexander R.P. (South African Medical Association, 1972-08-12)Among the 4 ethnic groups in South Africa. populations may be observed in many stages of transition, from primitiveness to sopnistication. With the rise in socioeconomic circumstances, numerous changes have occurred. Those discussed include mortality rate and age structure, diet, growth, blood pressure, various biochemical measurements, physical activity, and disease pattern. The trend of changes implies that in the future, among non-Whites, diseases of nutritional inadequacy, especially protein-calorie malnutrition and pellagra, will decrease and will no longer be public health burdens. Simultaneously, however, there will be increases in conditions or diseases linked with nutritional excess, such as overweight and hypertension. In non-Whites, these and their ramifications are likely in t;me to exact the high tolls of mortality and morbidity from degenerative diseases which prevail in White populations. It is unlikely that recommendations directed at Whites and the affluent moieties of non-Whites will arrest the rising intensity of risk factors to health.Item A study of the health of a pre-school age-group in an African urban communityLewis, J.B. (Oxford University Press, 1959-06)Item Skin disease in the Western Cape Province: a survey the incidence of skin diseases in 2,500 White and 1,500 Coloured patientsMarshall, James; Heyl, T (Medical Association of South Africa, 1963-12-28)Item Fetal and early neonatal mortalityMalan, A.F.; Vader, Christine; Knutzen, V.K. (South African Medical Association, 1975-06-28)A format setting out and comparing perinatal deaths is presented. It is not new, but has not previously been used in South Africa. Gestational age and birthweight are considered, and group predictions for mortality (and indirectly for morbidity) are made, and can be used for comparison.Item A health study of South African Bantu school childrenKark, Sydney L.; Le Riche, H. (Medical Association of South Africa, 1944-03-25)No abstract available.Item Record of 561 consecutive autopsies on native mine workersFischer, W.O. (South African Medical Association, 1932-06-11)No abstract available.Item The first year of life of the Johannesburg Bantu II : tribal groups and nutritionGriffiths, Joan (South African Medical Journal, 1962-01-27)No abstract available.Item The first year of life of the Johannesburg BantuGriffiths, Joan (South African Medical Association, 1960-11-26)No abstract available.Item Incidence of congenital abnormalities in Cape TownHorner, Ruth; Lanzkowsky, Philip (South African Medical Association, 1966-02-19)No abstract availableItem Tumours in Northern Transvaal - an analysis of twenty years' statistics in a country hospitalDes Ligneris, M.J.A. (Medical Association of South Africa, 1927-03)No abstract available.Item Epidemiology of cutaneous diseases according to geographical locale : North, Central and South AfricaMarshall, James (Excerpta Medica, 1962-09)Item Item Incidence and distribution of acquired porphyria in AfricaMarshall, James (United Business Media, 1963-08)No abstractItem New skin diseases in AfricaMarshall, James (St Johns Hospital Dermatological Society, 1970-01)No abstract available.Item The changing pattern of cancer mortality in South AfricaBradshaw, Evelyn; Harington, J.S. (Medical Association of South Africa, 1975-05-31)Cancer mortality rates for Whites, Coloureds and Asians for the period 1949 - 1969 have been analysed, and a changing pattern has been found. Some comparisons with other countries have been made, and the risk for each race group has been delineated for cancers at the commonest sites.Item Item Malignant disease in natives of Nigeria : an analysis of five hundred tumoursSmith, E.C.; Elmes, B.G.T. (Routledge ; Digital : University of Pretoria, 1934)Five hundred malignant tumours, obtained from all parts of Nigeria, have been analysed as accurately as was possible from the information available. The results so obtained have been detailed, partly in the form of Tables and partly as a series of notes dealing with the morphological and regional distribution of the neoplasms. The melanotic sarcomas, the adamantinomas and the sarcoma of Kaposi are commented upon in some detail. Due regard has been paid throughout to age incidence and to sex.Item The utilisation of medical statistics in rational public health management : Lesotho 1973Küstner, H.G.V. (2014-03-05)No abstract available