Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

  • United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India). Public Health Department
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[1937]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by sub-classification shows that 6,93,610 deaths occurred from malaria, 83,799 fiom other fevers, 9,366 from enteric fever, 4,371 from measles, 520 from influenza, 227 from relapsing fever, 184 from kala azar, 158 from cerebro-spinal fever, 21 from typhus fever and 7 from black water fever. These figures are, however, not reliable, as reporting is done by illiterate chaukidars. 16. The districts of Garhwal, Pilibhit and Jhansi held the first three Fevers in districts places in order, the death-rates being 25 12, *24*26 inclusive of towns. and 24*22, respectively. The lowest death-rates (Statement IX.) were returned from Allahabad (9*40), Ballia (9*70) and Fatehpur <10*38). 17. In 1987, fevers accounted for 60,250 deaths against 62,252 Fevers in urban deaths in 1936. The death-rates for the two years areas were 11*10 and 11'44, respectively. (Statement VI *B). The highest death-rates were noticed in Amaupur (district Etah) (64 49), Gursarai (district Jhansi) (44*59), Madhogarh (d strict Jalauo) (40 55) and Math (district Jhansi) (44*46) while the lowest death-rates were reported from the Lansdowue Cantonment (district Garhwal) (*68), Naini Tal (1*11), Kundarkh (district Moradabad) (1*44) and Mussooree (district Dehra Dun) (1*45). 18. Fevers contributed 7,32,013 deaths in the rural areas in 1937 as compared with 7 89,595 in 1936. The rates areaJGrS *n rura^ for the two years were 17 03 and 18 37, res¬ tatement VI-A). pectively The highest mortality rates were noticed in Pilibhit (26*10), Garhwal (25*;-f5), Jhansi (25*15) and Shahjahanpur (24*90). The lowest death-rates were reported from Ballia (9*77), Allahabad (10*31), Fatehpur (10*35) and Jauupur (11*86). 19. As shown in paragraph 15 above the total number of deaths Relapsing fever, reported to have occurred from relapsing fevnr, enteric fever and kala enteric fever and kala azar in (937 was 227, 9,366 a?ar. [Statement and 184, respectively (1 he corresponding figures * *a' * for the preceding year were 256, 9,911 and 87, respectively. A comparative table showing the incidence of these diseases according to the reports of the verihed and unverified agencies is given in paragraph 32 of Chapter II. 20. The number of deaths reported from influenza during the year „ „ under review was 520—311 from urban areas and mentVHa)]. 209 from rural areas. Malaria 21. A graph showing deaths from fevers and malaria is annexed. (Malaria Vide Chapter VIII. 22. The total number of deaths recorded from pulmonary tuber- i-o culosis during the year under report was 5,635 ment Vl6a)]1S (5,304 in urban areas and 331 in rural areas) giving a death-rate of *11. The number of deaths recorded from tuberculosis of joints was 175 (110 from urban areas and 65 from rural areas). The number of deaths recorded from other tubercular diseases was 115^ (911 in urban areas and 2l8 in rural areas).
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