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Distribution and Severity of Malaria in South Africa, 1938
[1938] [District] [1987] [Coastal] [Grid 1km] [homestead] [GIS Lab]
This map shows the distribution of malaria in South Africa before efforts to control the disease were implemented. Malaria was most severe along the coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, in the hot and humid Lowveld coastal flood-plains. The severity decreased at higher altitudes, with the inland Highveld region being virtually free of the disease.
Distribution and Severity of Malaria in South Africa, 1938