Annual report on the public health in Sind.

  • Sind (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Annual report on the public health in Sind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It will be seen from the above figures that as usual the birth¬ rate is low compared with that of the other Provinces. 4. Birth rates in Collectorates.—As usual the highest birth rate was recorded in Karachi district (32.76). This is on account of the inclusion of the figures for the City of Karachi which tends to swell the rate of the district. The next in order was Sukkur district in which a birth rate of 24.10 was registered. The lowest birth rate was recorded in Upper Sind Frontier District (13.62). Of the remaining districts, two returned a birth rate of between 20 and 30 per mille of population and the rest of the three recorded birth rates between 10 and 20. The details of births and birth rates in Collectorates are shown in Annual Form No. I, Appendix III. 5. Birth rates in rural areas.—The number of births during the year under report was 52,994 as against 50,358 in the year 1938 showing an increase of 2,636. The corresponding birth rates were 16.61 and 15.78, respectively, in the years 1939 and 1938. Of the 61 talukas and mahals, one returned a birth rate between 30 and 40 per mille of population, 19 between 20 and 30, 16 between 15 and 20, 17 between 10 and 15 and the remaining under 10. Nagar Parkar taluka in Thar Parkar District recorded the highest birth rate of 32.57 and was followed by Mithi in the same district (28.90). High birth rates were also recorded in Shahdadkot taluka, Larkana district (27.46) and Sukkur taluka, in Sukkur district (27.41). The lowest birth rate was recorded in Tatta taluka, Karachi district (7.46) as was the case in the previous year also. 6. Births and birth rates in urban areas.-—There was an in¬ crease in the number of recorded births in urban areas also. During the year under report 27,952 births were registered as against 26,911 in the previous year, indicating the birth rates of 40.79 and 39.27, respectively. 7. Births and birth rates in Karachi City.—The number of births registered in the City of Karachi during the year under review was 14,578 as compared with 14,063 in the preceding year. The birth rates during the years 1939 and 1938 were 58.83 and 56.75, respectively.