Quarterly report of the Mysore Department of Health.

  • Mysore (India : State). Department of Health.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Quarterly report of the Mysore Department of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Previous Current Corresponding Quarter Quarter quarter of previous year A'pril-June 1937. July 'Sept. 1937. July-Sept. 1936. Other Fevers 2,4B5 2,553 2,627 Dysentery and Diarrhoea 1,479 1,685 2,008 Eespiratory Diseases ... 1,047 1,029 1,123 Consunaption 1,209 1,271 1,156 Leprosy 216 205 208 Child-birth 550 564 546 Suicide 66 60 52 Drowning 237 211 195 Wounds and Accidents... 179 168 160 Killed by Wild Beasts ... 14 27 12 Snake-bite 56 43 33 Babies 14 15 17 All Other Causes 4,637 4,982 4,628 Births.—In the quarter under report, 38,433 births were reported giving a birth-rate of 2*2*67 as compared, with 20‘96 in the previous quarter. The rates in the districts varied from 27*74 in Kolar to 16*96 in Kadur. The rate was very high in Kolar Gold Field being 61*83 and slightly below normal in Bangalore City (38*50) and Mysore City (38*45). The rates for rhe districts are very low as compared with the estimated average of about 44 per mille of ffopulation. Still-births.—The number of still-births reported was 568 giving a still-birth rate of 14*56 as against 15*04 in the previous quarter. This rate varied from 22 61 in Kadur District to 7*02 in Tumkur District. The rate was highest in Bangalore City (48*33); it was 32*20 in Mysore City and only 9*22 in Kolar Gold Field. Deaths.—The number of deaths reported during the quarter was 22,836 giving a death-rate of 13*47 as compared with 13*53 in the previous quarter. The rates varied from 16*86 in Shirnoga District to 10*26 in Tumkur District. As in the case of births, the death reporting is also incomplete and the rates are very much below the estimated rate of about 24 per mille of population. The death rate in Kolar Gold Field was 28*80, the rates in Bangalore City and Mysore City being 23*94 and 25*69, respectively.