Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths under 5 years and above 60 years of age represent 65*35 percent of the total deaths. Statement No. YI of the appendix to the report gives the number of deaths classified according to sex and age recorded in each of the divisions during the year. On account of the non-availability of age composition of the population in the last census, death-rates could not be worked out for each age period. Infant mortality: There were 10,308 infant deaths in 1852 giving an infant mortality rate of 163*82 against 9821 infant deaths and a rate of lb6-57 in the previous year and the average rate of 172*97 tor the quinquennium. The infant deaths account for 23*85 percent of the total deaths in 1952. The number of infant deaths under one month continues to constitute more than one-third of total infant deaths as in the previous years. The infant mortality recorded in each of the divisions is furnished in Statement No. IV appended to the report. The average infant mortality rates recorded in the city during the past five decades are given below : Years Average infant mo] 1901-1910 301-00 1911-1920 298*01 1921-1930 269-10 1931-1940 230-79 1941-1950 203-24 1951 166*57 1952 163-82 It will be seen from the'above that the infant mortality rate has steadily decreased during the five decades. The distribution of infant deaths in the different age periods of the first year of life during the year was as follows : Age period No. of Proportion to total deaths infant deaths. Under 7 days 2,244 21*77 7 days & under 1 month 1,394 13*52 1 month & under 6 months ... 3,481 33*77 6 months & under 1 year ... 3,189 30-94 10,308 10-308 35*29 per cent of infant deaths during the year occurred with in month after birth. Seasonal variation: Infant deaths recorded during each quarter of the year was as follows: Quarter No. of infant Percentage to total deaths infant deaths 1st 2,291 22*23 2nb 2,346 22-76 3rd 2,537 24-61 4th 3,134 30-40 Total 10,308 100-00 h—2