Annual report on the public health in Sind.

  • Sind (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the public health in Sind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3- Fever mortality in the previous years.—The mortality attributed to fevers during the previous 10 years is shown below:— Year. No. of deaths. Rate per mille. I92O ... ••• 47,169 14-64 1927 38,321 * e @ ri‘75 I928 39,417 ... 12*12 1929 o » « 61,581 ... ] 8*89 I 93® * * * • • • 42,426 13*01 1931 31,080 ... 8*02 1932 39,728 ... 10-25 1933 ... 35.742 ••• 922 1934 ... 32,147 ... 8*29 1935 ••• 28,713 ... 7*41 1936 27,679 ... 7-I4 Distribution of deaths from fever is shown in Annual Form X. ■* 4. Death-rates from fevers in Collectorates.— Collectorate. Death-rate in 1936. Death-rate in 1935. Larkana . • • IO 09 • • i 8-82 Dadu 8-54 ... 7 ’81 Sukkur ... 8-54 ... 9-69 Nawabshah ... 8*20 8-o3 Thar and Parkar 7-05 ... 8'33 Jacobabad ... ... 6*44 6-31 Hyderabad ... 5*64 6-68 Karachi ••• 3'53 ••• 3'6‘ 5. Death-rates from fevers in urban and rural areas*—The death-rates for urban and rural areas were 3*77 and 7 *8i, res¬ pectively. The highest urban death rates were recorded in Ratodero (Larkana district)—16*33, Umarkot (Thar Parkar district)—12*50, Garhi Yasin (Sukkur district)— 11*80 ; and the lowest death-rates in Nawabshah (Nawabshah district)—-1*53 and Karachi (Karachi district) 1 ’80. The highest rural death-rate was recorded in Ratodero taluka (Larkana district)—11*57, Kambar taluka (Larkana district)— 11*35 ; and the lowest death-rate in Mirpur Sakro taluka (Karachi district)—3.09.
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