'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎132r] (125/132)

SANITATION VACCINATION.
1908
;.1909*]
91
i TT-nrius 90 Mahomedans, 38 Europeans and Eurasians, and 20 Native Christians, the
1 , • Lain"- 284 persons between tbe ages of 20 and 40. Out of ttie total number confined.
‘^ discharged cured.
o Of the most common types of insanity mania existed in 669 cases, melancholia in 358
, N.: a in 159, idiocy in 71, and delusional insanity in 53. Specific causes could be assigned
fnTlQ cases or 54*2 per cent.
q The number of deaths rose from 67 to 86 , and the ratio per cent, from 7-0 to 8*9.
The daily average of sick was 28-9 against 24*2 during 1907.
4 The receipts from paying patients were Rs. 25,594 against Rs. 25,541 in the previous
' d the profit from the Manufacturing Department was Rs. 3,651 against Rs. 3 998
total expenditure rose from Rs. 2,28,833 to Rs. 3,30,984 and the net cost from
ps 1,65,9^3 to Rs. 2,67,287, the increase being largely attributable to Public Works
department charges.
5. Sanitation.
Chap. VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI
CAL BELIEF.
Types of lunacy.
Health.
Receipts and
expenditure.
1 There were 158 Municipalities in the mofassil with a population of 2,349,138. Their District
total income amounted to Rs. 79,92,502, of which Rs. 17,35,772 were spent in improving Municipalities,
water-supply, drainage and conservancy within Municipal limits.
2. There were 25 District Local Hoards and 211 Tfiluka Local Boards with an aggregate Local Boards,
income of Rs. 64,06,055, out of which Rs. 3,75,426 were spent on water-supply and
drainage.
3 . The number of villages in which the Bombay Village Sanitation Act had been intro- Ullage sanitation,
duced increased from 243 to 265 at the close of the year. Sanitary Inspection Books have been
introduced in 3,334 selected villages, and 543 entries were made in them during the year by
officers of the Sanitary Department.
4. Under the supervision of the Sanitary Board for 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. the works in progress Sanitary Board,
during the year comprised water-supply at Pandharpur, Dhulia, Jalgaon, Ahmedabad, Karachi
and Surat; and drainage at Pandharpur, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Hyderabad. Works con
nected with the water-supply at Dh&rwar and at Hubli were sanctioned but not commenced,
and projects under preparation included water-supply at Nfisik, Ahmednagar, Hyderabad and
Sukkur and drainage at Bhusaval. The total Government grant during the year for sanitary
works 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. amounted to Rs. 7,06,167.
5. The number of vessels examined was 2,427 with crews and passengers numbering Inspection of
235,056 against 11,708 and 894,848 respectively in the previous year. The reduction is due vessels m Bombay,
to the abolition of medical inspection of vessels leaving for coast ports 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. and of
vessels, crews and passengers bound for Indian ports inc'uding Burma, in accordance with
Government Notification, General Department (Plague), No. 113-P. of 18th January 1908,
and Government Resolution, General Department (Plague), No. 1758-P. of 19th October 1908.
The clothing and bedding of 91,340 persons were disinfected. Sixty-five vessels, including
44 on which cases of infectious diseases had occurred, were disinfected. Inspections revealed
9 cases of plague, 3 of cholera, 123 of small-pox, and 30 of other infectious diseases.
6. The outward traffic comprised 21 ships carrying 16,097 pilgrims. Before embarkation Pilgrim traffic,
the ships were cleansed and freed from rats under the direction of the Port Health Officer
and the pilgrims were inspected and their clothing and bedding disinfected. There was. no
case of plague on the outward voyage. Pilgrims numbering 18,351 returned from the previous
year’s Hdj in 24 vessels. Among these, 6 cases of plague occurred, 113 cases of small-pox and
^ °f other infectious diseases. The effects of the 14,599 pilgrims and 1,660 crew in the
18 infected ships were disinfected.
6. Vaccination.
For details see tbe Notes on Vaccination in the Bombay 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. for the year 1908-1909 and tables under
Vaccination, printed in Part V of tbe Statistics of British India.
There were 672,252 persons primarily vaccinated and 52,.362 re-vaccinated against General.
0 ,833 and 10,954 respectively in the previous year. Out of a total of 58,775 towns an
1907^1908 were v ^ s ^ e( ^ b 7 vaccinators against 44,869 out of 54,101 villages during
49 ° f * he P rImal 'y vaccinations 599,291 or 89-15 per cent, were successful. Excluding
aoV w bich the results remained unknown the percentage of success was.
in nf f 77 Previous year. Of the total number of infants available for vaccination
vaccinated eS ^ enC ^ exc ^ u ^ n ^ Native States and Aden, 75*08 percent, were successfully
eases th nuin b er of successful eases was 22,975 or 43*88 per cent. Excluding “unknown Re vaccination,
e P erc entage of success was 70*37 against 77*55 in the preceding year.