'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [‎166v] (108/116)

V
BOM PAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDF
CAL BELIEF.
Movement by land.
84
2.
[190U|.
Movement by sea.
General.
Total number of
institutions.
Number of patients
in institutions
classed under (i),
(iii) and (iv).
Diseases.
Surgical operations.
Attendance by class
and sex.
m
Receipts.
1. Notwithstanding the scarcity in Northern Gujarat there was very little a
amount of the usual seasonal migrations. The comparative failure of the cotton C • -^i
checked the normal influx of labourers from Kaira, but they went in somewhat lar? ^ ^ 0at '
to the Dholka taluka of Ahmedabad for the wheat harvest and clearing the cotton^flV 1 ^'
seasonal emigration of labourers from S&tara to Bombay for work in^the mills it' ^
is estimated roughly to reach 13^700. Similarly over 30,OPfO people left tho
after the close of the rainy season in search of work. The majority of them
Batndgiri also supplied a large number of labourers to Bombay, as did Kolaba T V -
is invariably a large influx of labourers at harvest time from Afghanistan, CutchK' 1 ^
and Kfljput4na. Many Marwaris and Pathans also find temporary empWm'f ^1
clearance, big contract works and in the factories, diversified however by occasional Caiin
true emigration there was very little, and in fact no such movement can be e 1
large scale. A s'ow movement of superior cultivators into the Halol taluka onl P J
Mahflls, where they take up waste lauds, is reported, while some cultivators k 1 ? (
Shahdadpur taluka of the Upper Siud Frontier district owing to a succession of hi ^
A number of mill hands from Bombay and other 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. settled in Sh 1?^
the year under report. Many Marwaris, who came to Sukkur in previous years '■ ^ ^
employment, have now settled in that district.
2. The emigration from the Coast districts to South Africa has been considerably ol u
by the restrictions now imposed. About 1,300 persons are estimated to have emiJwf
Surat to Burmah and South Africa. Broach, Batnagiri and Kolaba have also eontri ?
certain number of emigrants to these countries. Home remittances to Surat are
4 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and to KoMba 1 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Nine registered emigrants left Bombay during the year /
report for Daresalaam under agreement to work for the Imperial Government of German?!
Africa ior a period of three years. During the year 396 immigrants, being time expiredn
from the Uganda Railway, returned to Bombay from Mombassa. Ninety*seven workmen If
Karachi for service on the Uganda Railway under agreement, while 33 went to the Pr
Sthefr term COnstmCfci ° n of militar J buildings, but returned during the year on comrit
3. Medical Eelief.
nlcA ^ 0r details see on the 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. forint
Indk tabl6S Under XIY-Hos P ltals ~ a PP 8nded t0 the Judicial and Administrative Statistics of BriS
. Clvl1 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. are dividedil
six classes as tollows :—
0) State—PubHc, (ii) State—Special, (iii) Local Fund and Municipal, (i*)Piia!
Aided, (v) Private—Non-aided, (vi) Railways.
, 7 >- I® ar y n der report 29 new institutions were opened and 11 close!, bring
up the ,otal number of institutions from 644 to 662. Of these, 60 were State, 245 Loalfe
and Municipal, 313 Private, and 44 Railway institutions.
fmTvi a’v dfc 6 -^oao 61 ! 0 bkl°° r P at * eilts ™ institutions of classes (i), (iii) and (ir) intra*
s >„ , i j 11 year under report and that of out-door patients fa
Tin a A n 868, the total number of patients thus increasing from 2,100.584 to 2,131,*
llie death rate tell among patients in hospitals and dispensaries from 13'2 to 124 perrt
While the death rate m Local and Municipal Fund institutions was 19-9 per cent., itwasti
1U 11> i a 6 ald ® d l ^^Hitions. The daily average strength of in-door patients®
2,680 7 as compared with 2 716-9 in 1903. The number of beds available was 5,010
i n e ™ us / ear - T he ratio per cent, of males to females was 74'3 to 25-7 as wp*,
Ul T Vi i? 25 , 8 Ia !hh e . ar - T he ramber of out-door patients increased by 39,784 at Muif
tdfll ku 1 rUnd lnst i tu ^ ons . bat fell m State—Public and Private—aided institutions. *
total daily average attendance was 18,841-7 against 19,409-8 in the preceding year.
the fip-uveq 1 TdOq V OQ a? USUa ^ acc( ^ anted ^ or b he largest number of admissions to hospital, b
sions due dsmd? ^ were , more favourable than those of the previous year (46 9 , 948 ). Ad»
cholera 11*2 and J°“\ real ar - d respiratory affections decreased, while those d* ';
the eye ind ski’n increased. aUd tllberCular diseases! . rheumatic affections, diarrhoea and cl«»
78 047 Tifi» tal num k frghal operations in aided institutions fell from 82,121 in 1S #! ‘‘
.< “ 7 j ss&sr^ p * ti ““ "
of whom 281 (insf ^ ° f PhU tr , eatetl iu dispensaries of classes (i), (iii) and (iv) was
of whom IIS^T® ad "'f females and 407,422 children. Mussalmans numbered 6M,*
tas sa™. to* i as. "• —> * f
against RlksioVloDi ° f aided A ns H utions ' ^elusive of the dash balance, was Bs.
against Rs. 13,40,820 last year. Of this sum Rs. 8,26,865 were received from Govern®®'