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

  • Bombay (India : State). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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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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    60*24 per mille in Malegaon taluka of Nasik district to as low a figure a 19 * 60 in Ambernath taluka in Bombay Suburban District and 22 * 08 i] Poona City taluka. In Ambernath as well as Poona City talukas thei is a rise in the birth-rates this year as compared with 1935, the la? years ratesbeing 14*15 and 20 * 52 respectively. The low rate in Ambei nath taluka can be attributed to the preponderance of male populatio in this industrial area ; however in Poona City taluka the low rate due to defective registration. 12. Birth-rate in urban areas.—Out of the eighty-five urban areas j the Presidency, forty returned birth-rates exceeding 35 per mille < population. The number of towns reporting birth-rates between 30 ar 35 and 20 and 30 per mille of population were eleven and twenty-fr respectively. The remaining nine towns recorded birth-rates under ^ per mille of the population as follows :—Karwar 19*91 ; Islampur 18*3f Bhiwandi 17*99; Bassein 16*71; Batnagiri 15*98; Poona Suburb 14*51 ; Sangamner 12*76 ; Uran 12*60 and Junnar 12*59. The birt. rates of urban areas are generally lower than those of rural areas b these low rates are no doubt due to the inefficient registration. 13. Births in Bombay City— The births recorded in Bombay Ci were 35,604 or 1,490 more than in the previous year equivalent to a birt rate of 30*65 per mille or an increase of 1*28. 14. Births in Cantonments—The following birth-rates were record in Cantonments:—rKirkee 26*16, Ahmednagar 25*85, Poona 19 ( Ahmedabad 17 * 26, Deolali 13 * 09 and Belgaum 7 * 05. 15. Births according to sex.—Out of the 742,331 births, 382,0 were males and 360,277 females equal to ratios of 21 ol and 20 09 j mille of population as compared with 375*446 and 352,700 and 20* and 19*67 respectively in the previous year. For every. 100 fern? births there were 106 *04 male births, the previous years ratio being 1 to 106*45. 16. Still-births.—During the year 12,515 still-births were register* i.e., 1*68 for every 100 live-births. The percentage of still-births live-births recorded varied from *19 for Panch Mahals District to 5 for Kanara District which in 1935 was 4 * 87 in the case of the latter. T percentage in Bombay City was 6*78 against 6*82 in 1935. Distnl tion by classes, sex and Collectorates is shown in Annual Form No. I 17. Verification of Vital Statistics.—The officers of the Public Hea Department detected 124 births in the Central Registration Distr| 834 births and 147 deaths in Northern Registration District, 756 bn and 131 deaths in Southern Registration District which had not b registered. The apathy of the public to notify births and deaths the disinclination of local bodies to take action against. such omissi still continue and there is little improvement in the registration of vj statistics. 18. Deaths.—The year under report shows a decrease in the recori deaths as compared with the previous year. The total number of deaj registered was 497,278 in 1936, 510,270 in 1935, the quinquem