Annual report of the Health Officer for the City of Rangoon.

  • Rangoon (Burma). Health Office
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Annual report of the Health Officer for the City of Rangoon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The lowest relative humidity via, 72 percent was recorded in December and the highest via. 90 percent in July and August. From October to March the relative humidity varied directly and during the rest of the year inversely as the mean temperature of the month. Area and Population. The area of the City is 31*94 square miles including the Rangoon and Pegu Rivers and the Pazundaung Creek. The population at the Census of 1931 numbered 400,415 representing a decennial increase of 54,910. The number of Males was 271,063 and of Females 129,352. The racial composition of the population is as follows : — Burmese ... ... ... 121,998 Karens ... ... ... 3,226 Other indigenous races ... ... 2,358 ( Hindus—140,458 1 Indians ] Muslim— 57,535 V ... 212,929 ( Others— 14,936 J Indo-Burmans ... ... ... 12,560 Chinese ... ... ... 30,626 Europeans, etc. ... ... ... 4,426 Anglo-Indians ... ... ... 9,977 Other races ... ... ... 2,315 The estimated population for 1934 was 416,888. Public Health Administration. For administrative purposes the Rangoon City has been divided into four divisions, via.- East-town, East Suburb, West-town and West Suburb; each division is under the charge of an Assistant Health Officer. The Assistant Health Officers are directly under the control of the Health Officer. These four divisions are further sub-divided into 20 Circles for sanitary work each in charge of a qualified Sanitary Inspector; for R. B. work the City is divided into 6 Circles each being under a Sanitary Inspector; four Sanitary Inspectors are posted to disinfection and ratting and another four to Anti-mosquito duty. For Registration of births and deaths the City is divided into 16 Circles. There are 8 Registration Stations in the town, each in charge of a Medical Registrar with the exception of the Station at 37-Evanson Street which has got two Registrars owing to the large extent of the area it serves. Births and Birth-rates. The total number of births registered during the year was 9,789 of which 5,030 were males and 4,759 females as compared with 9,427 births in 1933, there being an increase of 362 births. The birth-rate calculated on the Cenfeus population of 1931 was 24*45 per thousand as against 23*54 in 1933- The rate on the estimated
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