Annual report of the Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay.

  • Bombay (India : State). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kai].ara District, whicL in the case of latter was 5*38 during 1936. The percentage in Bornbay city was 6*65 against 6* 78 in the previous year. Distribution by classes and sex and Collectorates is shown in Annual Form No. I-A. 17. Verification of Vital Statistics.—The Officers of the Public Health Department detected 1,417 births and 165 deaths in the Southern Registration District, 986 births and 35 deaths in the Northern Registration District and 552 births and 8 deaths in the Central Registration District which had not been registered. Manywof these omissions were detected in the urban circles. The figures are indicative of the faulty registration of Vital Statistics in urban as well as rural areas and also point to the apathy of the people and the local bodies in this important matter. 18. Deaths.—^For the second year in succession a decrease in the registered deaths has been recorded as compared to the previous year. The total number of deaths registered was 493,208 in 1937, 497,278 in 1936, the quinquennial average being 488,643 (Graph No. I). The number of deaths recorded in the previous years is given in the following table :— Year. Deaths. Death-rate. 1901-10 mean .. 571,143 37*39 1911-20 „ 628,810 39*10 1921-30 „ ... 458,266 28*81 1931-35 „ 483,720 26*97 1936 497,278 27*73 1937 493,208 27*50 19. Death-rate compared with those of other Provinces.- —The recorded death-rate for the Province works out to 27 • 50 ; it was 27*73, in the year 1936. The death-rates in the Provinces of India show an increase in Madras, Bengal, Assam, Burma, Bihar, Orissa, North-West Frontier Province, and Sind while there is a decline in the Punjab, Central Provinces, United Provinces and Bombay as may be seen in the table below:— 1936. 1937. Madras 23*30 23*99 Bengal 24*50 24*70 Assam 19*63, 22*21 Burma 21*84 24*76 Bihar 21*68 22*53 Orissa 27*84 28*63 Punjab 23*97 23*71 Central Provinces 34*89 32*63 United Provinces 22*61 21*38 North-West Frontier Province 17*92 21*27 Sind 12*49 19*09 Bombay 27*73 27*50