Community health survey of Oukasie, 1987.
A series of surveys were conducted at the request of the community of Oukasie to determine certain public health information in the township, a peri-urban black community. This article describes two of these surveys. The first, a census and partial demographic survey, showed that the total black population was around 6,300 with a mean household occupancy of 4.1. Some of the estimated vital statistics calculated were an infant mortality rate of 36.6/1,000, a crude birth rate of 28.0/1,000, a crude death rate of 6.5/1,000, and a general fertility rate of 99.3/1,000. The second survey into the nutritional and immunisation status of children aged under 5 years showed that 20% of children were underweight and nearly half were incompletely immunised at 1 year of age. These studies, involving local community and student volunteers, were rapidly and inexpensively done and provide basic public health information.
Barron
P M
PM
Department of Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand.
Ferrinho
P D
PD
Buch
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E
Gear
J S
JS
Morris
A
A
Orkin
F M
FM
Becker
S
S
Jeffrey
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population