Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department.
Date:
[1956]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from principal causes Death rate per 1,000 of popu ation calculated on Principal causes Deaths registered i— Estimated Mid-year population —-— Natural increase method (excess of births over deaths) Plague Nil Nil Nil Cholera Nil Nil Nil Small-pox 50 0*03 0*03 Enteric Fever 113 0*07 0*07 Diphtheria 72 0*04 0*05 Kalazaar 26 0*02 0*02 Malaria 33 0*02 0*02 Dysentery and Dirrhoea 5,416 3*18 3*53 Tuberculosis including Tuberculosis of lungs. 396 0*23 0*26 Respiratory diseases 7,691 4*51 5*00 Vital statistics Area :—The area of the city is 49*84 sq. miles or 31,900*9920 acres. Meteorology :—The atmospheric conditions recorded during the year 1956 are furnished in Vital Statistics Statement No. I in the appendix. Rainfall:—The total rainfall in inches recorded at the Nungam- bakkam Observatory during the year was 45*43 against 51*64 inches in the previous year, the average rainfall for the previous five years being 41*30 inches. Rainfell on 69 days during the year against 65 days in 1955. The highest monthly rainfall was 8*37 inches in September 1956 against 9*71 inches in August 1955. The rainfall recorded in the city during each quarter of the year compared with that of the previous five years is furnished below :— Year First Second Third Fourth Total fall quarter quarter quarter quarter in inches 1951 0*16 5*42 11*76 13*31 30*65 1952 0*79 16*74 6*49 18*19 42*21 1953 1*42 0*82 10*01 25*38 37*63 1954 • • 6 0*29 18*72 24*28 44*35 1955 4*81 10*17 15*37 21*29 51*64 1956 2*13 6*40 19*20 17*70 45*43