Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

  • Assam
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The lowest rate (4-74) was recorded in the town of Doom Dooma in the Lakhimpur district. The proportion of females to males residing in this town is very low. The birth-rate exceeded the death-rate in all towns. The excess varied from 39 13 in Barpeta to ‘53 in Doom Dooma. 6. The total number of births registered in Rural Areas in the Province in 1936 was 233,355 or 30T8 per mille of population, as compared with 233,516 or Birth registration in Rural Areas. 30*20 respectively in the preceding year. The highest rate (53 35) was recorded in Kalaigaon circle in the Darrang district followed by Katigora (47'18) and Hailakandi (46*51) in Gachar, Lakhai (43*99), Fenchuganj (43T3), Baniachong (40*45), Golabganj (40*13), Maulavibazar (40*03) and Ajmiriganj (40*02) in Sylhet, Panery (39 48) in Darrang, Bijni (39*46) in Goalpara and Biswanath (39*06) in Sylhet. The circles reporting low rates were Boko (5*91) and Sorbhog (7*07) in Kamrup, Kaliabor (9T6) and Jamunamukh (9*43) in Nowgong and Digboi, Margherita (9*53) in Lakhimpur. These low rates are probably due to defective registration. The death-rate of the Province for the year under review was 19*63 as compared with 2T41 in the previous year. A statement showing the comparison of Deaths and death-rates. the death-rate of this Province with those of other provinces in India and Burma is appended below :— Provinces Death-rate 1931-35 1935 1936 1 2 3 4 Assam 19*80 21*41 19*63 Bengal 22*60 22*67 24*50 Bihar 22*91 25*13 21*68 Orissa ... • • • 27*84 Central Provinces 32*10 34*35 34*89 Madras 23*84 24 89 23*30 Burma 18*88 20*42 21*84 Bombay 26*97 25*56 27*73 United Provinces 23 88 24*78 22*61 Punjab 26*28 24*89 23*97 North West Frontier Province 20*40 19*42 17*92 It will be observed that the death-rate in Assam was lower than that of any other Province in India except North West Frontier Province. 7. The total number of deaths registered during the year under report was 155,601, yielding a death-rate of 19'63 per mille of population, as compared with Death Registration-General. 169,723 and 21*41 respectively in the preceding year. The quinquennial average was 19*80. Four districts viz-, Gachar, Sylhet, Goalpara and Darrang returned death-rates above, and the other four below the quin¬ quennial average. The highest death-rate was recorded in the district of Goalpara (23*60) followed by Sylhet (22*24) Gachar (21*91) and Darrang (20*62) during the year under review. The death-rate in the Nowgong district was the lowest in the Province. The total mortality in 1936 was lower by 14,122 than in the previous year. The number of deaths reported from each -district in 1936 is compared below with that of 1935 1936 1935 Increase or decrease 1 2 3 4 Cachar 11,858 14,702 —2,844 Sylhet 59,552 65,492 —5,940 Goalpara ... 20,286 22,595 —2,309 Kamrup 11,319 15,679 —4,360 Darrang 12,083 13,285 —1,202 Nowgong ... 6,506 6,865 —359 Sibsagar 17,712 16,082 -j-1,650 Lakhimpur... 16,285 15,023 + 1,262 Total 155,601 169,723 —14,122 The number of male deaths to every 100 female deaths was 110. 8. The total number of deaths recorded during the year in Urban Areas, in which registra¬ tion is compulsory was 3,623 which is less than the figure for the Death Registration in Urban Areas, previous year by 282. The death-rate in 1936 in Urban Areas was 18*48, as compared with 20*08 in the previous year. The quinquennial average was 17*66. The highest death-rate (40*04) was reported from Haflong
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