'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎108v] (104/112)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI
CAL BELIEF.
2- Emigration and Immigration.
Movements by land.
Movements by sea.
Number of
institutions.
Diseases.
Surgical operations.
Attendance by class
and sex.
Keceipts,
■Expenditure?
Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. ^
1. The usual movements of labourers and mill-hands from one part of the
another and from neighbouring Native States to and from parts of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
marked than in famine years. The principal directions which these movements take a 8
follows. There is a considerable influx into the various districts of Sind from KohistarHi! 8
Afghan border, Kathiawar and Cutch and other Native States. The larger part of
immigrants belong to nomadic tribes, who come for the khaiif harvest and return after V
over. For the past three years a few Bhils have been seen among the harvest immigrants' 18
Larkana. These immigrants are all of them a source of considerable trouble owing to t?
lawless habits. In the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. proper during the fair season there is a yearly immio-r f 1
of cartmen and mill-hands from the ghat and sea-coast districts near Bombay into that 'j 011
Nine thousand labourers are reported to have come into Bombay from S&tdra durum the
In years of scarcity the numbers of these immigrants increase greatly. There are no of?
permanent streams of migration but in many parts sections of the population wander in !
of labour both at and after harvest time. During years of scarcity considerable numbers of t?
lower classes wander to and fro between the Deccan districts and the Nizam’s territory !
between the southern districts of this Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. and the Madras Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. . No movem ?
of this kind took place during the year except that 4,000 people are reported to have leftt?
Sirur Tdluka of Poona owing to had crops. The Gadag Gold Mines in Dharwar caused a sm ll
influx of labourers from the Madras Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. .
2. A few Mahomedans and Borahs from the sea-coast districts of Broach, Surat, Ratnfo"
and Kolaba emigrate to South Africa. They nearly always return to their homes when t? 1
have made a little money. The numbers have always been small and have recently bsconj
smaller owing to the enforcement of the new regulations against immigrants to South Africa
Ports. Many of this class are, however, qualified against those regulations by education aol
means. The number of registered emigrants who left the Port of Bombay during the year was
62, of these 3 went as artisans to Chinde and 59 went for Exhibition purposes to the St. Louis
Exhibition. From the Port of Karachi only 25 artisans embarked for Mombasa during ti
year, the demand for coolie A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. labour having ceased with the completion of the Uganda Railway
The number of emigrants who returned from Africa to Karachi was 5,815. The figures for
both ports show that there was practically no real emigration during the year.
3. Medical Relief.
, 1 ,or d f tai I s “ e r'T 10 ' 1 on tlle Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries under 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 IMS mi
Tables under XIV—Hospitals—appended to the Judicial and Administrative Statistics of British India for 1803-11
. 1*. The number of medical institutions iu the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. and Sind rose from 638 atth
beginning of the year to 644 at its close. Twenty-two new ones were opened and 16 wereclosl.
At the end of the year there were 61 State, 240 Local Fund and Municipal, 299 Private ad
44 Hallway institutions. . • :
Number of patients.
2. The total number of persons treated in these institutions was 4,032 441 or 1 25C
than m the previous year. The number of in-door patients decreased slightly to 67 066
number of beds available was 6,7.24 as compared with 6,335 in 1902 rri '~ — i -- ’
males treated was 66*0 and of females 3P0.
'
The ratio per cent.
rem f T l’ e . mos * eom “? n J °. f diseas J e s was, as usual, malarial fever. During the year unto
Zenteit m Tene^l 0m fF h r dlSeaSe i d t Crea f d m “ umber > as als0 <1^ admissions from cholm,
uysenteiy, venereal affections and bowel complaints. There was, however an increased
admissions from small-pox, cancer, debility, and respiratory and other diseases The c s s »f
ISed iTh fl ;° m m ’, 52 ! t0 100 > 113 - —ber. The numier of pSd
theTe 2 <hedK t0 n be Saee,:in S Pl a g<w was 1,197. Of
tne.e dob died and 841 were transferred to Plague Hospitals.
by 2 253 surgical operations performed in Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries fell
in number Of tit 84 °Pf ations > ma i or operations increasing slightlj
in number. Of the 84,049 patients operated on, 67,901 were cured and 490 died.
of Musalmam fin fimf ^ at Cml n °spitals and Dispensaries was 1,485,521, that
femalu ITh ^b 00 , 0 ;,? nd ^ at of .Europeans and Eurasians 18,775. The number of maleani
female adults and children treaded was 1,078,782, 447,662 and 716 205 revneetivelv Tha
figures indicate an increase in the number of children treated. ’ re " pe0tlvely '
6. Exclusive of the cash balance, the total income was Rs. 14 12 979 of which Rs 8 181#
ClTuTdf‘llX KS ' 2 > 62 > 406 MunLIS and Rs lVSot
Government a «°? al ““ ° f Rs - 1 ' 77 < 06 ° d “ to enhanced grants fro»
Rs. 69,954. umcipahties. Subscriptions amounted to Rs. 10,293 and hospital fees to
Re. 0-9-0 o Re 0 9 9 Th 11 ’ 67 > 177 to Rs, 12,98,249, and the cost per patient bm
paid 55-2 rer cent of L lhe aveia e e r c o s t each diet remained at Re. 0-2 7. Governmest
paw oo J pei cent, of the actual expenditure against 54-6 per cent, in 1902
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