Health in Pietermaritzburg (1838-2008)
Subtitle: a history of urbanisation and disease in an African city
By: Julie Dyer
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Natal Society Foundation
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pietermaritzburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780992176600
Subjects: Public health; History; Medical care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health service provision; title: Infectious diseases and epidemics; title: Sanitation, food and water-borne disease; title: Diet and nutrition; title: Murder, violence and accidents; title: Refuse, rodents and vector-borne disease; title: Housing, hostels, overcrowding and pulmonary tuberculosis; title: Social development and health; title: Chronic disease and cancer; title: Air pollution and respiratory disease; title: Sexually-transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS; title: Infant, child and maternal mortality.