Report on the sanitary administration of the Punjab and proceedings of the Sanitary Board for the year ... and the report on sanitary works for.
- Punjab (India). Sanitary Board.
- Date:
- [1918]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the sanitary administration of the Punjab and proceedings of the Sanitary Board for the year ... and the report on sanitary works for. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The lowest rates were recorded in Gojra 22*52, Ichhra 24*23, Sargodha 29*61, Montgomery 33*58, Murree 33*80, Lyallpur 34*78, Anandpur 35*14, • Dharmsala 35 35, Shahpur 36 27, Sangla 36*73, Hazro 37*19 and IJna 37*58. In all these the fever rate was comparatively low. 18. Compared with last year there has been an increase of 23,068 in the „ , . total number of entries checked, the actual Inspection of birth and deatli registers. numbers checked were 648,092 in the birth and 642,031 in the deatli registers. The percentage of omissions detected to total number of entries checked by Divisional Inspectors worked out at 1*39 and 1*21 for male and female births and 1 *02 and 1*00 for male and female deaths, those checked by Superintendents of Vaccination and Vaccinators at 1 2*2 and 1*39 for births and 0*70 and 0*76 for deaths, those by the revenue staff at 2*77 and 3*55 for male and female births and 1*52 and 1*38 for deaths. The number of chaukidars punished for neglecting to report cases of domestic occurrence was 95, the total fines amounting Rs. 181 while in munici¬ pal towns 218 persons were punished for neglecting to register births and 190 to register deaths, the total fines coming to Rs. 370. 19. During the year 75 births and 151 deaths were recorded at ,, , a , railway stations outside municipal limits as Railway stations. against 133 and 134, respectively, m the previous year Of the deaths 118 were due to fevers, 19 to all other causes, 6 to dysentery and diarrhoea, 5 to diseases of the respiratory organs, 2 to injuries and 1 to small-pox. 20. There were 263 births and 162 deaths amongst Europeans and „ Anglo-Indians as against 229 and 149, respec- and Anglo-Indians. tively, last year, The deaths were distributed as follows :—All other causes 69, fevers 55, diseases of the respiratory organs 31, dysentery and diarrhoea 6 and injuries 1. 21. There were 3,547 births and 7,304 deaths among the non-military ,, .... population of Cantonments, showing a decrease population of Cantonments (Appendix ol 406 in the former and an increase of 2,629 m to a. f. xo vi-B). the ]atter compared with the previous year. The deaths were classified as follows:—Cholera 13, small-pox 17, injuries 53, dysentery and diarrhoea 121, plague 127, respiratory diseases 1,033, all other causes 1338 and fevers 4,602. Influenza is accountable for the large number of deaths under respiratory diseases and fevers and pre¬ sumably to a great extent for the reduction in the number of births.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31489448_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
