Annual public health report of the Province of Bihar; and Annual vaccination report.

  • Bihar (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual public health report of the Province of Bihar; and Annual vaccination report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statement B. Ratios of births and deaths from chief diseases calculated on the estimated population of 1937. Male. Female. Total • Births 16-4 15-6 32-0 Total deaths 22-2 20-2 21-2 Cholera 0-4 0-4 0-4 Small-pox .. 0-2 0-2 0-2 Plague 0-03 0-05 0-04 Fevers 17-8 16-2 17-0 Dysentery and Diarrhoea .. 0-1 0-6 0-6 Respiratory disease 0-1 0-08 0-6 3. Births.—The total number of births in this province during 1937 was 1,] 00,657 (564,243 males and 636,414 females) as compared with 1,144,008 in 1936. This means a decrease of 43,351 births or 1*3 per thousand population during the year over those recorded in the preceding year. The provincial birth-rate for the year 1937 was 34*0 as compared with 35 3 in 1936. The average birth-rate from the least ten years was 33*7. The statement below gives figures regarding birth-rates in other provinces of Ir dia. Province. Birth-rate per mille of population 1937. Bihar 34-00 Orissa 34-75 Bengal 34-20 United Provinces 35-92 Central Provinces 40 65 Punjab 46-49 Bombay 40-68 Madras 38-72 Burma i 34-55 Assam .. 31-31 North-West Frontier Province 30-74 Sind • • 20-52 4. Birth Registration.— The higher birth-rate 46-3 was recorded in the Gaya district and the lowest birth-rate 27’1 in the district of Purnea. The municipalities of Tikari, Sassaram and Daudnagar registered the highest birth¬ rates tamely 44*8, 43*5 and 39*5 respectively whilst the municipalities of Jamshgdnur, Deoghar and Dumka registered the lowest rates, viz. 3*5, 7’0 and 7'5. The rural and urban areas of the province recorded 1,072,847 and 27,561 births, the mean birth-rates for these areas being 34‘5 and 20*8 per mille population respectively. The birth-rates recorded in the majority of the districts and towns came to very near the mean figures. The average does not appear to be appreciably affected because variations of both high and low rates have been few and confined only to small populations. 5. Deaths.—The total number of deaths in the province during the year under review was 729,454 (385,755 males and 343,699 famales) as compared with 701,814 in the previous year. Out of these 710,677 deaths were