Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

  • Assam
Date:
[1932]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Maximum limit of narrative portion of the report, 30 pages.] CONTENTS. CHAPTER, I. Para. Page. Meteorology, economic conditions i.e., prices of food-grains, etc. METEOROLOGY ... ... ... ... 1 1 Economic conditions, prices of food-grains, etc. ... ... 2 2 CHAPTER IT.—Vital Statistics. (Including population and emigration and immigration.) General Census figures, provincial birth and death-rates, com- -% parison with other provinces • • • 3 3 Birth registration, General • • • 4 4 Birth registration in urban areas • • • 5 5 Birth registration in rural areas ... • • • C 5 Death registration, General • • • 7 5 Death registration in urban areas • i • 8 6 Death registration in rural areas • • • 9 7 Seasonal incidence of mortality • • • 13 7 Registration in Hill Districts ... • • • 11 7 Registration in Tea Gardens • • • 12 9 Registration on Railways • • • 13 9 Mortality according to sex, class and age • • • 9 10 Registration in compulsory areas • • • 34 12 Inspection of village registers of vital statistics ... • • • 15 13 General accuracy of vital statistics and improvements effected during the year • • • 16 13 Emigration and Immigration • • • 17 13 Railway coolie camps ... ... • • • 18 14 CHAPTER III. The state of public health and the history of chief diseases. The state of Public Health in the Province ... • • • 19 15 Cholera ... 20 16 Cholera in tea estates ... • • • 21 17 Small-pox ... • M 22 18 High rates of mortality from small-pox in individual towns and rural areas ... ... ... • • • 28 18 Plague ... ... ... ... • • • 24 19 Eevers ... ... ... • • • 25 39 Dysentery and diarrhoea ... ... • • • 26 20 Respiratory diseases 27 21 Other causes • • • 28 21 Beri-beri ... ... ... • • • 29 21 Y a w s ... ... ... ... 30 21 Minor eye complaints ... • • • 31 21 Kala azar ... • • • 32 22 leprosy ... ... ... ... • • • 33 23 CHAPTER IV.—Epidemiology. Staff and cholera • • • 34 24 CHAPTER V.—Eairs and Festivals. Fairs and Festivals • • • 35 25 CHAPTER VI.—Urban sanitation (including notified areas). Municipal water supplies • • t 36 26 CHAPTER VII.—Rural. Sanitation ... ... ... • • • 87 27 CHAPTER VIII. Malaria ... ... ... .«• 38 29 Sale of quinioe ... • • • 39 33
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