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CHAPTER VI.-V1TAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.
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1. Births and Deaths.
For details vide Appendices to the Annual Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. for
1902 and the Tables under XVII.—Vital Statistics appended to the Report on Judicial and Administrative Statistics
of British India for 1902-1903.
1. Births and deaths among the European Civil population rose from 217 and 251 in Births and deaths
1901 to 251 and 302, respectively, giving a birth-rate of 13*35 per mille and death-rate of 16-06 am011 § Europeans,
per mille as against 11 ’54 and 13*3o.
2. Among Eurasians births numbered 140 (21*35 per mille) against 133 (22*84 per mille) Births and deaths
in 1901 and deaths 154 (23’49 per mille) against 180 (27*45 per mille) in 1901. among Eurasians.
3. Among the Native population 631,393 births were recorded, an increase of 165,746 Number of births
for the year, giving a ratio per mille of 34*16 against 33-04 for the decade. The increase popuiation .^^ 0
occurred in every Eegistration District and in every Collectorate except Kdnara and the Upper
Sind Frontier.
4. Out of every 100 births the proportion of males was 5T88 and of females 48*12. Births by sexes and
Most births were registered in October (58,310) and fewest in February (43,115).
5. The number of deaths among the Native population rose from 686,134 in 1901 to Number of deaths.
721,462 with a ratio per mille of 39‘04 (38-77 males and 39-32 females). The death-rate was
highest in the City of Bombay (63-13) and lowest in the Upper Sind Frontier (17*66). In 1901
the ratios were 77*78 and 13*21 respectively in these two districts.
6 . The largest ratio of deaths per mille (302-50) took place among children under one Deaths by ages,
year and the next largest among persons of 60 years or upwards. The lowest ratio was
among children, between 5 and 10 years (19-81 per mille).
7. The death-rate among Mahomedans rose from, 28*10 per mille in 1901 to 30*04, the Deaths by races,
maximum rate being in Nasik Collectorate (80*68) and the minimum in the Upper Sind Frontier
(16*30); among Hindus the death-rate was 41*68 (in 1901, 39'69) per mille, with a maximum
of 66*40 in the City of Bombay and a minimum of 18-69 in Katnagiri. Among Christians and
Pdrsis the rates were 25*31 and 27*30 respectively against 27*15 and 27*14 in 1901.
8 . The chief causes of death were fevers (14*66 per mille of population), plague (10*00), Deaths by causes,
respiratory diseases (3*21) and dysentery (3*17).
9. Cholera accounted for 3,229 deaths against 13,600 in 1901 and 163,889 in 1900. Cholera,
The disease was somewhat severe in Karachi and Hyderabad Collectorates. The Collect orates
of Sholdpur, Satara, Eatnagiri, Dh&rwar, Bijapur, Panch MahAls and Ldrkdna were entirely
free. The mortality was highest in the rainy season.
10. The small-pox mortality was 2,189 against 5,340 in 1901 and a decennial mean of Small-pox.
4,106. The highest mortality was reached in the Southern Eegistration District (979), The
Gujarat Registration District, except Surat, was entirely free.
11. Deaths from fever fell from 291,591 in 1901 to 270,845. Gujarat again showed Fever,
the highest death-rate (26*28 per mille). The lowest rate was in the Southern Division ( 9*74
per miile). Ahmedabad, with a ratio of 39*50 per mille, suffered most, as in 1901.
12. The mortality from plague was 184,752, the highest on record, and 56,493 higher Plague,
than in 1901. Every Collectorate, except the Upper Sind Frontier alone, was affected.
The highest death-rates were in Satara (29*37), Dharwar (29*38), Belgaum ( 27 * 42 ), Khandesh
(17*58), Bombay City (18*13), Nasik (11*90) and Kaira (11*71). Tre mortality in Panch
Mahals and Ahmednagar rose from 1 and 20 in 1901 to 2^055 and 1.083 respectively. The
monthly mortality varied from 30,507 in December to l, 53 e in June.
13. Deaths from dysentery and diarrhoea decreased from 60,198 in 1901 to 58,682 or Dysentery and
8,354 less than the decennial mean. The ratio ranged from 8*12 in Khandesh to *03 in Thar diarriice a.
and Parkar.
14. 7,434 persons met with violent deaths, 3,242 by drowning and 1,288 from snake-bite. Violent deaths.
15. Deaths from respiratory diseases numbered 59,379, the mortality being highest in Respiratory disease^
Kaira (7,745) and lowest in Thar and Pdrkar ( 3 ).
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16. Deaths from causes other than those specified numbered 134,952 or 18’71 per cent. Deaths from other
of the total deaths. _ causes.
17. Prices rose during the year in Gujarat, the Konkan and Sind and fell in the Dakhan influence of prices on
as compared with the previous year, while they were generally lower than the average of the birth and death-rates,
last five years. They were nowhere high enough to affect the death-rates, while the higher
birth-rate of 1902 followed naturally on the lower prices of the preceding year.
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