Statistics of unnatural deaths in Madras and other presidencies and provinces in India / by R.S. Mair.

  • Mair, Robert Slater.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Statistics of unnatural deaths in Madras and other presidencies and provinces in India / by R.S. Mair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    In the districts of South Canara, Nellore, Coimbatore, North Arcot, Cuddapah, South Arcot, and Madras, the proportion of accidental deaths to the population ranges in the order above from 1 in 2,232 to 1 in 2,886, South Canara having the highest proportion and Madras the lowest. In the districts of Kurnool, Bellary, Jeypore, Gan jam] Yizagapatam, Malabar, Kistna, and Godavery, the proportion ranges from 1 in 3,142 to 1 in 3,927, Kurnool having the highest and Godavery the lowest proportion to the population. In Salem, Trichinopoly, Tanjore, Tinnevelly, and Madura, the proportion ranges from 1 in 4,125 to 1 in 7,059, Salem having the highest and Madura the lowest proportion. Eor all the districts specified in the table, embracing the four great ranges of the Presidenc}7, and with a popula- tion of about 24^ millions, the proportion is 1 in 3,588, while that for England and Wales, on an average of six )’ears, is one in 2,115, or very nearly 50 per cent, more than that for Madras. In this table the accidental deaths are divided info two classes onty, viz.: those from “ drowning” and those “ from other causes.” Under the latter class are included all deaths from snake-bite, wild beasts, &c., but sufficient data were not procurable to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the average number of deaths from these specific causes. In the absence of such data however a table is given,* showing the number of recorded deaths from snake-bite and wild beasts for the years 1866 and 1867, these years being the first in which any attempts were made to record this class of deaths. Table VII. gives the yearly average number of accidental deaths for all the Presidencies, Provinces, and Territories in India, from which the required data were procurable. [Table VII. Vide page 25