Annual report of the Board of Public Health Works, Bombay Presidency : 1938/39

  • Bombay (India). Board of Public Health Works
Date:
1939
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Credit: Annual report of the Board of Public Health Works, Bombay Presidency : 1938/39. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in 1938. Male infant deaths exceed the female infant deaths in almost all the localities. Of the imfants who died 47,572, 1.e., 40 per cent. of the total infant mortality died before they were one month old. 27,365 ofthese, ie., 23 per cent. of the total infant deaths were under one week and 20,207, 1.e., 17 per cent. over one week. Of the remaining 41,345, i.e., 35 per cent. were over one month and under six months and 29,508, i.e., 25 per cent. were between six and twelve months old. In 1988, the percentage inthe age groups of under one month, between one and six months, and six and twelve months were 37, 35 and 28 respectively. 27. Infant Mortality in Urban and Rural Areas——The urban and rural infant death-rates per 1,000 registered births for the Province were 185°31 and 143°93 respectively as compared with 227°95 and 162°50 in the previous year. Infant mortality in 1939 compared with previous years is shown in the table below :— 5 | | é : Infant death-rate per Infant | ‘ i : | reds : | 7 Deaths under 12 months Births registered 1,000 births. | “acaths Year, aus OGt per 100 _ of total | | Male. | Female.| Total. Male Female” Total. | Male. Female.) Total. | deaths. 15°92 bans! i?) eS ft oo fap) 1916-20 64,131) 55,719} 119,850} 291,606; 274,110) 565,716) 219°93) 203°2 mean. 1921-25 54,635| 46,147) 100,782} 301,679) 282,575) 584,254; 181°10} 163°31) 172°50 23°09 mean. 1926-30 64,088) 54,286) 118,374) 330,921} 311,953) 642,874) 193°67} 174°02 18413 24°62 mean, | 1931-35 64,045 58,842] 117,887| 366,082] 344,345] 710,427, 174°95) 156°36) 165°94 24°37 mean. | 1936 67,226) 56,063! 123,289) 382,054) 360,277, 742,331, 175°96| 155°61) 166°08 24°79 1937 | 63,248) 54,010) 117,258] 376,426} 353,050 729,476} 168°02} 152°98) 160°74 23°77 1988 | 71,532} 60,568 132,100 389,622) 368,873) 758,495) 183°59; 164°20) 174°16 24°13 1939 | 63,838) 54,587; 118,425) 399,681) 375,864) 775,545) 159°72| 145°02) 152°70 15°27 a sa prams naan: Among the towns the following recorded very high infantile death- rates :—Mahad (346°15), .Poona Suburban (342°66), Pandharpur (330°00) and Ilkal (269°33). In rural areas the highest infantile death- rate was recorded in Kast Khandesh (186°04) and the lowest in Ratnagiri (69°19) which is higher than the infant mortality rate of 42°29 among the Europeans but lower than the rate of 176°14 of the Anglo- Indians.