Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
- United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India). Public Health Department
- Date:
- [1939]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![higher while in 50 lower than the provincial average (217*69) The highest infantile death-rate i3i4*07) was recorded in Lalitpur. it was followed by Saharanpur (331* *6), Etawah (327 38) and Cawnpore (301 00). lhe high mortality in Lalitpur was chiefly due to “ other causes ** * malaria, ‘ * other fevers/’ and “ other respiratory diseases ** In Saharan¬ pur. Etawah and Cawnpore it was chiefly due to “ other causes ”, “ other fevers * and “ pneumonia The municipalities returning low mortality were Ghazinur (97*44) Banda (116*15), Gooda (117 *95) and Lakhimpur (120*91). 22. The infantile mortality rate relating to notified areas was 187*73 Infantile mortality £ with 185-18 in the preceding year, in notified areas. ^ aieas* the rate was above the provincial average (187*73). Chunar Settlement topped the list with an infantile death-rate of 333-33. Mawana came next with 329*52 and was followed by Pihani (318*68) and Sandi (309*73). 23. During the year under report, the infautile death-rate per Infantile mortality thousand of registered births was 199*66 in the case in Urban and Rural of urban areas and 129*57 in rural areas against ^Statement Vila)]. aod 139'56. respectively, in the preceding 24. The mortality among children under one year of age was Seasonal infantile highest in the month of August (25,298> mortality. and the lowest in the month of February (15,086). 25. During the year under report, the infantile mortality rate per Infantile mortality thousand of births amongst Hindus, Muslims, byr2la«ses* . Ttt, n-, Christians and other classes were 137*44 151*17 [Statement IV(a)]. 95.49 aQd 432-86, respectively. [For further details see Statement IV(a).] 26. Mortality per mille amongst Hindus was 23*05, amongst Muslims- Mortality according 23*86, amongst other classes 21 *02 and amongst to class. (Statement V). Christians 5 * 19. 27. In 1939, the death-rate from all causes was 31*10 in the case of Urban and Rural towns and 22*08 in the case of rural areas as corn- mortality. pared with 32*66 and 24*96, respectively, in 1938, (Statement VI). the respective quinquennial averages being 32*97 and 23*28. 28. During the year under report the recorded still-births aggregated Still-births by class- 12«80f> as compared with 13,100 in the previous es. year. Of these there were 10,110 amongst Hindus, [Statement 1(a)]. 2,620 amongst Muslims, 44 amongst Christians and 32 amongst other classes. As usual, Gorakhpur returned the hignest number of still-births (2,992), followed by Gonda (837), Sitapur (653), and Lucknow (615). The lowest number of still-births was recorded in the district of Jalaun (5), followed by Etawah (7). and Farrukhabad and Jhansi (14) each. No still-births were reported from Mainpuri.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31405022_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
