Annual report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.

  • India. Sanitary Commissioner
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: Annual report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    90. The registration of births in Upper Burma is limited to twelve towns of Upper Burma. which the census populations aggregate 296,541, among whom in 1904 there were recorded 10,393^ equal to a birth-rate of 35-05 per thousand, against 37*48 in 1903 and 36*72 thfe mean of the previous five years. The rates in the individual towns ranged from 43-72 in Monywa to 26-15 Yamethin, and the mean percentage of male to female births was 106. Deaths are registered among a population of 2,978,058; and in 1904 there were recorded 55,671 deaths, equal to a death-rate of 18-69 per thousand, as compared with 21*80 in 1903 and a quinquennial mean of 20-oS. The registered rates in the districts ranged from 30*01 in Kyaukse to 10*71 in Meiktila. In rural areas the mean was 17*32 against 31*13 in the towns, among which the highest rates were registered in Pyinmana, 39*82, Kyaukse 39*75 and Myingyan 38-97 ; and the lowest 20-42 in Minbu and 20-05 in Yamethin. Burmese, 18*73, Hindus, i868, and Muhammadans 18*41 died at nearly the same rate, while the recorded rates among Christians and ‘ Other Classes’ were 9*34 and 17*88 per thousand, respec¬ tively. Mortality was highest in December and lowest in April. Male infants died at the rate of 177*28 per thousand living at the time of the census and female infants at the rate of 124*61 ; boys and girls between the ages of one year and five years died at the rates of 22*63 and 20*16 per thousand, respectively. At all age periods, save 2o-3o[and 30-40, the male rates were the higher, the means being 19*43 and 18*03 among males and females, respectively. Ajmer-Merwara. 91. There was a large increase in the number of births registered, the total rising from 14,061 in 1903 to 15,997 in 1904, and the birth-rate from 29*48 per thousand to 33*54, which is 6*73 higher than the quinquennial mean. In Merwara the birth-rate was 43*25 and in Ajmer 30*66, the percentage of male to female births being 114*21. The registered deaths numbered 13,149 and the death-rate was 27*57 per thousand, as compared with 28*77 in 1903 and the five years’ mean of 53*79; the rate in Ajmer being 28*51 and in Merwara 24*39. The mean rural death-rate was 24*09, and the urban rate 36*90 per thousand. The mortality among Mu¬ hammadans, 29-95, was C28 per thousand higher than the mortality among Hindus. The highest death-rate was registered in January and the lowest in July. The death-rates among male and female infants were 211*87 and 215*99 per thousand born respectively ; and boys and girls between the ages of one year and five died at the rates of 84*37 and 77’^4» Per census thousand, respectively. In the age periods from ten to forty the female death-rates were the higher, the mean death-rate of males being 27*26 and of females 27*91 per thousand.
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