'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎64v] (127/137)

CHAPTEK YL—VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEP.
Etu’opeans.
Eurasians.
Natives.
Causes of death.
Movement
by land.
Movement
by sea.
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1. Births and Deaths.
_ , , , -i -p _i. Sanitarv 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 1907 with
FOT in Part Y of the Statistics of British India.
1. Among the European Civil population 362 births and 302 deaths were recorded i*
1907 against 300 and 333 respectively in 1908 ; the birth-rate being 13-93 per mille against
15-95 and the death-rate 16-06 against 17‘71.
2. Among Eurasians 168 births and 150 deaths were registered against 122 and 16l
respectively, the birth-rate being 25-62 per mille, against 18-61, and the death-rate 22-88
against 24*55.
3. The number of births registered was 610,533 in 1907 against 625,486 in 1906,
showing a decrease of 14,953 for the year. The ratio per mille was 33*03 against 33-84. The
proportion of male to female children bom was 107*9 to 100; in 1906 it was 107-8. Out of
every 100 births there were 51*9 males and 48*1 females, and for every 100 males there were
92*67 females. The deaths recorded among the native population in 1907 were 606,606
against 648,019, a decrease of 41,413. The death-rate was 32*94 per mille in the case of
males, and 32*70 in the case of females. The highest death-rate was 56-76 in S4tara, and the
lowest 17*85 in the Upper Sind Frontier. Taking deaths by ages, the highest death-rate was
amongst infants under one year, 296*56 ; and the lowest amongst children between
the ages of 10 and 15, 12-33 per mille. Taking deaths by classes, the death-rate among
Mahomedans, Hindus, Jains, Christians, and Parsis was 24-33, 35-14, 30*71, 22*10, and 23*96
per mille. Except in the case of the Jains these percentages are all lower than those of last
year.
or>n oon ^e total number of 606,606 deaths, or 32*82 p<?r fever accounted for
260,329 deaths, or 14*09 per mille ; dysentery for 53,708 deaths, or 2-91 per mille \ respiratory
diseases for 58,068 deaths, or 3-14 per mille', small-pox for 1,862 deaths, or -10 per milk]
plague for 93,609 deaths, or 5*06 per mille, and cholera for 7,656 or *41 per mille. 6,799
deaths,^or *37 per mille, were due to injuries, and 124,575, or 6*74 per mille, to “other
causes. e gures for plague show an increase of 42,084 over last year, but are still con*
1pc;« 1 6 f W ? years 1902—1906, 8*8 per mille. Deaths from cholera are
less than last year by 38,463 and less than the mean for the 5 years by 6,289.
2. Emigration and Immigration.
in search o^emolovTTiPnT° Ve A nen ^ ^ ^e Population occurred beyond the usual seasonal emigr:
graziers into Kaira wn^ * s a J 18, u ^ a l consequence of the poor season, the annual intiu
from that district to the^m^ / a b ^eSt ^ 1 ^ e< ? , w ^^ e ^ ere was more ^ an the usual emigr;
dim” n Lhyactivit2of f t ?„ S if ^ cotton and wheat fields of Broach?
from the Nizam’J Dominions Sbi ? ct . ones ™ Kh^udesh checked the stream of immign
was the usual exodus of labourer* f ° +1 r0l -^ ii y ^g^lated by the demand for labour. T
agricultural slack season In Pn r! 01 +i ^? can districts to Bombay and the Berars ii
for many who would otherWb' ^ 1°^ ° f , the G * I * P * line provided '
Nasik attracted considerable number ?° ne Codaveri Canal Wort
from Belgaum or Dh4rwdr excent ibp 10 ? ^? ne ^ a ^ ar - ^ T ° movement of any sort is rep'
in the famine two years ao> 0 re l \ ln 1 | 0 ^ e .^ ormer district of most of those who
labour market~as many as 39^ Onn ^ P ' atna ^ m ® ent the i r usual quota to the Bor
have gone from the latter Tbe* r ° l ^ darter of the whole population are sai
industry than last year returned to Tb^ „ findiu » less attraction in the mi
Periodic invasion of Kutchis and Krftb^L! 1 ' 1 fie d ° f °P eratlon s in Kanara. In Sind
once more a considerable number of for 9,118 * WaS ° n a smaPer sea l e even than last year.
““Tr 1 ' r “ •
these 206 werf b2md7‘f Momb^flf 0 ' 11 the ^ f Bomba l r ro3e 52 to 254 *
were Punjabis. ' e ^anda Railway. 229 of -
emigrants lett for service on the Uganda Railwaj