The Gazetteers Department

Births and deaths: The old Ahmadnagar District Gazetteer published in 1884 states that during the thirteen years ending 1883 the number of births averaged 20,561 or according to 1881 Census twenty-seven to the thousand people. The yearly total varied from 12,113 in 1878 to 29,386 in 1882.

The following statement gives the vital statistics of births and death from 1871 to 1883:—

Year	Births	Deaths
1871	14,163	12,235
1872	12,468	19,268
1873	18,369	11,062
1874	23,330	13,809
1875	24,294	23,790
1876	24,427	20,640
1877	16,808	30,891
1878	12,113	27,955
1879	18,968	16,564
1880	20,086	14,102
1881	24,313	21,270
1882	29,386	14.658
1883	28,571	28,968
Total	2,67,296	2,55,272
Average	20,561	19,631

The following table gives the vital statistics of births and deaths including their number and ratio per mille for the period from 1893 to 1922:—

TABLE No.1—VITAL STATISTICS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AND THEIR RATIO PER THOUSAND, AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT

Year	Population under Registration	Births			Deaths
Year	Population under Registration	Number	Ratio per 1,000	Number	Ratio per 1,000
1893	8,87,656	40,240	45.33	33,103	37.29
1894		38,314	43.16	33,927	38.22
1895		42,309	47.66	34,709	39.12
1896		42,207	47.55	32,280	36.36
1897		35,116	39.56	39,393	44.37
1898		31,823	35.85	19,301	21.74
1899		40,621	45.76	29,348	33 06
1900		24,847	27.98	58,782	66.22
1901	8,36.817	26,691	31.89	22,105	26.41
1902		37,381	44.67	25,810	30.84
1903		36,233	43.29	50,955	69.89
1904		38,341	45.82	42,538	50.83
1905		33,489	40.02	26,334	31.47
1906		33,950	40.57	28,174	33.67
1907		37,474	44.78	28,098	33.53
1908		40,400	48.28	22,582	26.99
1909		37,931	24.33	20,750	24.79
1910		39,957	47.75	29,356	35.08
1911	9,45,305	42,799	45.34	21,057	22.31
1912	9.43,991	36,132	38.28	39,807	41.14
1913		32,317	34.23	23,454	24.85
1914		41,775	44.25	34,322	36.36
1915		42,500	45.02	24,149	25.58
1916		37,758	40.00	40,484	42.89
1917		36,336	38.49	36,065	38.21
1918*		31,406	33.26	93,918	99.50
1919		27,293	28.91	28,965	30.68
1920		28,949	30.67	21,840	23.13
1921		25,674	35.46	25,501	35.22
1922	7,23,978	26,721	36.91	21,022	29.04

* Influenza year.

The following statement gives the vital statistics spread over a number of years including the number of births registered, ratio of births per 1,000 of population, number of deaths and excess of births over deaths per 1,000 population:—

Year	Number of births registered	Ratio of births per 1,000 of population	Number of deaths registered	Excess of births over deaths per 1,000 of population
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
1924	33,634	46.46	22,183	15.82
1926	35,621	49.20	22,446	18.21
1927	36,244	50.06	21,587	20.24
1929	40,349	55.73	25,373	20.68
1930	38,404	53.04	25,358	18. 01
1934	41,964	42.66	26,394	15. 83
1935	45,107	45.85	28,322	17.06
1937	38,900	39.54	24,987	N.A.
1938	47,368	48.15	27,905	N.A.
1939	46,608	47.38	24,087	N.A.
1940	41,264	41.95	23,802	N.A.
1945	41,106	33.90	32,310	N.A.
1950	39,576	30.78	26,189	N.A.
1951	46,925	33.06	19,858	N.A.
1952	47,580	33.13	20,122	N.A.
1953	49,361	33.5	26,843	N.A.
1954	48,685	32.3	23,676	N A.
1955	54,401	35.4	24,193	N.A.
1956	53,407	34.1	22,778	N.A.
1957	47,857	30.00	24,634	N.A.
1958	48,877	--	26,129	N.A.
1961	56,939	32	26,568	N.A.
1962	54,900	30	26,793	N.A.
1963	53,492	29	26,863	N.A.
1964	45,432	--	18,744	N.A.
1965	38,326	--	14,426	N,A.
1966	45,035	--	1 7,244	N.A.
1970	48,286	29.4	16,524	N.A.

N.A. Not available.

From the statistics given above it becomes evident that the death-rate as also the birth-rate have come down. The reduction in death-rate can be attributed to the advancement in medical research and general improvement in health facilities. The decreasing trend in the birth-rate may be presumed to be the result of the family planning drive.

Deaths due to different diseases : Table Nos. 2.3 and 4 give the statistics regarding deaths due to different diseases in Ahmadnagar district.

Infant mortality: Table No. 5 shows the infant mortality rate per 1,000 births for the years from 1924 to 1952 and the number of infant deaths from 1953 to 1966 in the district.

Table No. 6 gives details about deaths registered according to age-groups for a few years from 1926.

TABLE No. 2—DEATHS DUE TO DIFFERENT DISEASES, 1871-1922

Year	Cholera	Small pox	Fevers	Bowel complaints	Injuries	Other causes	Total
1871	658	204	7,267	1,775	171	2,160	12,235
1872	1,837	2,254	10,488	2,072	176	2,441	19,268
1 873	--	410	7,262	1,536	188	1,666	11,062
1874	--	22	9,669	2,029	176	1,913	13,809
1875	4,933	40	12,963	2,641	166	3,047	23,790
1876	1,115	350	13,521	2,493	146	3,015	20,640
1877	2,760	1,978	19,424	2,884	196	3,649	50,891
I878	2,267	21	20,248	2,157	247	3,015	27,955
1879	186	5	12,425	1,481	201	2,266	16,564
1880	11	--	10,542	1,236	189	2.124	14,102
1881	2,645	--	13,567	1,709	165	3,184	21,270
1882	182	6	10,712	1,368	1 66	2,224	14,658
1883	7,368	352	1 5,606	2,477	154	3,011	28,968
Total	123,962	5,642	1,63,694	25,858	2,341	33,715	2,55212
Average	2,178	513	12,592	1,989	180	2,593	19,631

TABLE No. 2—contd

Year	Plague	Cholera	Smallpox	Fevers	Bowel complaints	Injuries	Other disease	Total
1893	--	1,745	135	22,923	2,455	129	5,716	33,103
1894	--	1,977	94	24,116	2,502	137	5,101	33,927
1895	--	874	25	25,135	3,026	163	5,436	34,659
1896	--	2,892	50	19,175	2,787	204	7,172	32,280
1897	--	3,700	175	17,173	6,892	238	11,215	39,393
1898	--	2	140	4,191	4,179	217	10,572	19,301
1899	2,681	1	53	5,297	4,031	231	17,054	29.348
1900	147	6,1 62	116	14,999	74,194	308	N.A.	N. A.
1901	20	75	22	10,250	5,594	241	5,903	22,105
1902	1,083	1	19	8,240	4,557	231	11,679	25,810
1903	21,447	10	40	9,761	5,049	230	14,418	55,955
1904	11,979	673	319	10,883	5,086	N.A.	13,338	N.A.
1905	2,336	--	285	8,383	4,796	177	10,357	26,334
1906	863	2,835	30	8,900	5,043	198	10,305	28,174
1907	52	763	56	9,915	5,487	252	11,573	28,098
1908	105	--	112	8,842	2,964	193	10,366	22,582
1909	44	665	142	7,464	3,423	212	8,800	20,750
1910	8	140	124	11,091	6,242	233	11,518	29,346
1911	1,924	162	46	7,074	2,602	248	9,00	21.057
1912	383	8,339	51	12,226	5,221	244	13,343	39,807
1913	58	220	534	9,504	7,947	216	9,975	23,454
1914	227	2,785	141	11,861	2,436	226	14,846	32,522
1915	445	1	--	8,837	2,539	250	12,077	24,149
1916	10,352	2,009	27	10,050	2,472	286	15,018	40,214
1917	6,711	157	117	10,192	3,061	272	15,555	36,065
1918*	705	279	466	73,155	2,710	258	16,345	93,918
1919	51	3,755	189	10,466	3,254	264	10,986	28,965
1920	1	5	7	9,590	1,759	266	10,212	21,940
1921	7	123	6	10,846	3,151	233	11,135	25,501
1922	17	--	23	7,714	1,413	231	11,624	21,022

* Influenza year. N.A.=.Not available.

TABLE NO. 3—DEATHS DUE TO VARIOUS DISEASES, AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT

Disease	1924	1927	1928	1929	1930	1934	1935	1937	1938	1939	1940
(1) Enteric fever	160	129	124	147	194	364	505	297	502	571	364
(2) Measles	105	325	126	291	136	187	243	107	807	75	152
(3) Malaria	2,146	1,614	1,853	2,344	1,890	2,034	2,293	1,783	1,940	2,360	2,131
(4) Other fevers	2,393	2,524	2,540	1,508	3,475	2,913	3,704	2,997	4,136	3,051	3,466
(5) Influenza	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	13	11	--
(6) Pneumonia	3 7	50	42	110	211	298	328	431	441	274	384
(7) Phthisis	400	412	505	530	547	618	709	1,470	829	824	839
(8) Other respiratory diseases	3.500	3,349	3,921	4,538	4,120	4,449	4,842	4,364	4,782	4,205	4,243
(9) Dysentery	1,342	124	242	54	114	102	28	172	76	201	21
(10) Diarrhoea	1,001	2,072	2,246	1,274	1,284	2,002	2,103	2,264	3,492	1,588	1,467
(11) Deaths from child-birth.	205	245	189	229	126	192	221	270	329	497	287
(12) Small-pox	164	159	23	283	369	284	462	16	81	140	487
(13) Plague	206	35	5	1	12	111	2	--	--	--	--
(14) Cholera	386	821	3	--	941	1,158	812	1,03 5	386	674	115
(15) Diphtheria	N.A.	N. A.	N.A.	N A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	22	59	20	26
(16) Whooping cough	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N A.	N.A.	24
(17) Leprosy	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.	N.A.	91
(18) Cancer	N A.	N.A.	N.A.	N. A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A	N.A.	N.A.	10

N. A. Not available.

TABLE No. 4—DEATHS REGISTERED FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1950-1966

Year	Enteric fever	Measles	Malaria	Other fevers	Dysentery	Diarrhoea
1950	197	35	2,281	2,859	737	271
1951	145	178	1,938	2,537	43	772
1952	57	52	1,483	2,221	39	745
1953	127	95	2,099	2,598	40	1,085
1954	244	217	1.733	2,942	27	1,487
1955	300	90	1,464	3,223	135	1,846
1956	258	161	21,360	2,929	71	1,304
1957	287	116	1,379	2,901	130	1,365
1958	--	--	--	--	--	--
1961*	--	--	--	--	1,032	--
1962	--	--	--	--	1,042	--
1963	--	--	--	--	1,125	--
1964	--	--	--	--	959	--
1965	--	--	519	--	610	--
1966	--	--	170	--	832	--

continued..

Year	Pneumonia	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Whooping cough	Other respiratory diseases	Diphtheria
1950	386	807	304	2,378	--
1951	363	773	212	2,378	10
1952	218	785	38	2,187	26
1953	329	8	58	2,642	11
1954	307	--	61	2,575	32
1955	299	--	42	2.965	74
1956	270	--	42	2,691	50
1957	252	--	19	1,173	65
1958	--	--	--	--	--
1961*	--	--	--	3,113	--
1962	--	--	--	2,897	--
196?	--	--	--	2,945	--
1964	--	--	--	2,288	--
1965	--	--	--	1,827	--
1966	--	--	--	1,740	--

*Note.—The figures for Dysentery and Diarrhoea after the year 1961 are grouped under the head "Dysemen".

TABLE No. 4—contd.

Year	Chicken-pox	Leprosy	Cancer	Deaths from child-birth	Phthisis	Cholera	Small-pox	Plague	Fevers	Injuries	Other causes
1950	57	60	22	221	--	149	1,578	17	--	--	--
1951	4	50	21	478	--	92	191	--	--	--	--
1952	1	37	47	462	--	115	87	--	--	--	--
1953	--	109	48	481	1,010	846	184	--	--	--	--
1954	2	79	56	278	775	6	175	--	--	--	--
1955	6	54	42	314	713	8	124	--	--	--	--
1956	--	57	8O	294	711	283	78	--	--	--	--
1957	1	86	63	266	733	211	128	--	--	--	--
1958	--	--	--	--	--	178	374	--	--	--	--
1961	--	--	--	--	--	35	41	--	3,994	--	13,324
1962	--	--	--	--	--	7	61	--	4,068	423	12,872
1963	--	--	--	--	--	138	243	--	4,018	--	13,380
1964	--	--	--	--	--	475	377	--	3,545	12	11,088
1965	--	--	102	--	--	22	67	--	2,161	32	10,632
1966	--	--	156	--	--	27	130	--	--	34	14,155

TABLE No. 5-INFANT MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 BIRTHS IN AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT

District/Towns	Infant mortality rate per 1,000 births
District/Towns	1924	1926	1927	1929	1930	1934	1935	1937	1938
A. Ahmadnagar District.	193.76	195.03	173.30	200.22	190.65	180.51	181.54	161.21	176.77
B. Nagar Town	155.44	148.82	138.06	136 15	147.69	180.35	148.99	161.37	174.90
Sangamner	94.63	131.76	116.88	169.93	135.42	270.94	158.83	171.64	155.34
Cantonment	166.09	158.27	161.54	197.41	147.76	163 10	151.24	126.78	155.46

TABLE No. 5—contd.

District/Towns	Infant mortality rate per 1,000 births						Infant deaths
District/Towns	1939	1940	1945	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955
A. Ahmadnagar District.	150.35	170.04	166.57	189.31	109.83	92.12	104	140	138
B. Nagar Town	140.02	152.91	122.49	135.85	79.11	60.81	96	91	87
Sangamner	100.77	127.40	250.62	40.94	31.04	24.26	26	16	15
Cantonment	94.44	76.02	142.12	81.30	47.42	40.29	48	32	35
Belapur Ainatpur	225.35	201.30	137.25	--	--	--	--	--	--
Kopargaon	177.88	254.05	145.00	145.54	125.41	74.18	86	59	77
Pathardi	121.17	135.29	50.95	39.46	14.70	95.23	26	37	20
Shrigonda	100.50	123.71	89.88	32.52	62.01	--	--	--	35
Shrirampur	--	--	--	74.07	7.57	--	--	--	139;
Jamkhed	--	--	--	--	--	117.31	132	137	151
Karjat	--	--	--	--	--	45.45	71	4	69
Kharda	--	--	--	--	--	70.42	96	69	54
Rahuri	--	--	--	--	--	109.91	123	179	87
Shevgaon	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	147
Wambori	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	65

TABLE No. 5—contd.

District/Towns	Infant deaths
District/Towns	1956	1957	1958	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
A. Ahmadnagar	117	124	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
District.	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
B. Nagar City	82	80	841	770	854	661	594	391	601
Cantonment	37	30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Kopargaon	79	36	447	396	343	488	299	247	889
Pathardi	35	63	376	378	369	288	143	250	109
Sangamner	10	11	445	387	389	424	557	257	261
Shrirampur	118	83	354	283	324	464	216	317	178
Shrigonda	15	8	382	314	404	287	260	195	149
Jamkhed	82	72	324	249	300	280	171	123	171
Karjat	71	42	315	281	314	306	253	152	210
Kharda	128	97	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Rahuri	102	99	344	259	302	286	172	213	218
Shevgaon	64	68	548	567	600	371	474	203	386
Wambori	69	68	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Akola	--	--	351	341	459	339	298	105	305
Newasa	--	--	548	361	321	374	306	202	402
Parner	--	--	573	443	444	500	388	209	278

TABLE No. 6—DEATHS REGISTERED ACCORDING TO AGE-GROUPS IN AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT

Year	--	1 year and under 5	5 and under 10	10 and under 15	15 and under 20	20 and under 30	30 and under 40	40 and under 50	50 and under 60	60 and upwards	Total
Year	--	1 year and under 5	5 and under 10	10 and under 15	15 and under 20	20 and under 30	30 and under 40	40 and under 50	50 and under 60	60 and upwards	(1 to 60)
1926	Males	2,360	389	243	215	432	647	649	815	2,273	8,023
1926	Females	2,254	387	274	289	592	649	478	590	2,034	7,547
1930	Males	2,899	520	308	230	576	717	728	882	2,394	9,254
1930	Females	2,671	555	320	361	741	713	573	610	2,330	8,874
1935	Males	2,990	640	279	268	644	783	853	239	2,706	9,402
1935	Females	2,959	625	302	369	934	795	676	735	2,620	10,015
1940	Males	2,512	583	293	195	516	740	867	919	2,805	9,430
1940	Females	2,649	560	334	295	879	767	487	681	2,723	9,375
1945	Males	3,549	937	565	558	1,135	1,081	1,205	1,507	3,300	13,837
1945	Females	3,493	958	516	714	1,558	1,100	1,034	1,258	3,119	13,750
1951	Males	1,953	452	343	342	674	797	908	1,106	2,146	8,721
1951	Females	1,856	440	342	388	796	764	764	905	2.160	8,415
1956	Males	2,470	472	245	184	382	505	651	796	2,723	8,428
1956	Females	2,436	492	271	261	727	604	497	496	2,631	8,415
1961	Males	2,074	437	158	207	385	548	526	437	2,380	7,152
1961	Females	2,164	404	154	356	506	570	382	329	2,224	7,092

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