Annual report of the Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay.

  • Bombay (India : State). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1930]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    figuring in previous annual reports as showing defective registration and the reasons for the default have also been pointed out. 12. Births in Cantonments.—Of the 9 Cantonments, Karachi (40 * 91), Kagar (2646), Kirkee (26*40), Ahmedabad (16*04), and Belgaum (12*79) show the highest rates, while the lowest rates were recorded in Poona (8*94), Hyderabad (8*50), Deolali (2*14) and Santacruz (1*06). 13. Births according to sex.-—Out of 716,952 births, 372,205 were males and 344,747 females equal to ratios of 19*42 and 17*99 per mille of population as compared with 380,731 and 352,789 and 19 * 86 and 18 * 41 in 1929. For every 100 female births there were 107*96 male births the previous year’s figure being 107*92. The percentage of male to female births varied from 102*09 in Dharwar District to 138*68 in Upper Sind Frontier. The proportion of male to female births is high throughout Sind. 14. Still-births.-—11,428 still-births were registered or 1*59 for every 100 live-births. The percentage of still-births to live-births recorded- varied from *09 tor the Thar and Parkar District to 7*98 for the City of Bombay. For other areas, Kanara (4*50), Dharwar (3*54), Kolaba (3*30), Bijapur (2*96), Belgaum (2*59), Surat (2*25) and Sukkur (2*01) show the highest percentages. 15. In the Southern Registration District omissions of 563 births and 81 deaths were discovered during the year under report by the Inspectors of Sanitation and Vaccination and Vaccinators against 726 and 104 in the previous year. The omissions of 1,129 births and 2 deaths were detected in the Central Registration District against 446 births in 1929 ; of 223 births and 21 deaths in Gujarat Registration District against 268 and 20 respectively in the previous year. Deaths. 16. The year under report shows a small decrease in mortality as compared with the previous year, but an increase when compared with the quinquennial mean. The decrease as compared with the previous year is mainly under the disease headings Fevers and Plague, while there is a noticeable increase under Cholera and Small-pox. The total number of deaths registered was 566,003 as compared with 585,046 in 1929 and 520,330 the quinquennial mean. Comparison is shown in graphic form at the beginning of this section. The totals for previous years are given in the following table :•— Years Deaths 1901-1910 mean 639,483 1911-1915 mean 539,836 1916 652,584 1917 798,406 1918 . . 1,724,074 1919 637,170 1920 516,296 1921 498,350 1922 452,581 Years Deaths 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 496,244 529,576 453,563 547,064 492,89] 522,885 585,046 566,003