Results of a comprehensive health survey in the Durbanville district, August - September 1980.
The results of a comprehensive health survey in the Durbanville district, apparently the first of its kind carried out in the Western Cape, are reported. It is shown that this type of investigation in a rural area is practical and possible. Factors making complete accuracy of the figures impossible were: (i) the fact that two separate operations were necessary, the first a 6-week pre-survey investigation to determine general health profiles and the second the week-long survey proper; (ii) the presence of a small migrant population resident outside the Durbanville area and fluctuations in the employee population; and (iii) the fact that the survey proper was carried out during a school vacation.
D006306:Health Surveys; D012423:Rural Health; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa