MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

VITAL STATISTICS

The following statement shows statistics of births and deaths in the district from 1951 to 1961 and for the years 1965, 1966 and 1969.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

1951

1952

1953

1954

Births

38,685

37,551

41,220

31,187

Deaths

(including infant deaths)

27,558

20,028

28,890

21,409

    

1955

1956

1957

1958

46,552

36,026

40,564

40,207

23,778

28,420

27,796

22,993

    

1959

1960

1961

1965

46,198

44,978

42,942

48,655

19,267

18,893

23,077

18,767

  

+ 5,112

+ 5,398

1966

--

1969

--

54,250

--

36,765

--

22,592

--

15,892

--

+ 5,398

--

--

--

The table No. 2 gives the statistics about the number of deaths and causes of deaths from the years 1951 to 1966.

TABLE No. 2

CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS IN THE DISTRICT FROM 1951 TO 1966

Year

Causes of deaths

Cholera

Small-Pox

Plague

Fever

Dysentery and Diarrhoea

Respiratory Diseases

Other causes

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

1951

46

2,228

836

17,078

83

--

7,287

1952

12

5

319

14,930

381

--

4,381

1953

1,245

--

232

20,727

233

--

6,453

1954

3

55

20

15,644

54

--

5,633

1955

3

250

--

16,239

52

--

7,234

1956

70

92

--

18,355

73

765

9,065

1957

32

69

--

18,790

159

628

8,118

1958

61

5

--

15,303

43

170

7,411

1959

17

78

--

7,745

42

765

10,620

1960

--

6

--

5,310

169

342

13,066

1961

--

--

--

8,079

1,409

--

11,387

1962

--

--

--

9,331

1,671

--

7,690

1963

1

23

--

12,225

191

--

9,576

1964

115

17

--

11,069

165

--

7,865

1965

28

35

--

9,931

203

--

8,066

1966

57

70

--

--

208

--

20,141

The following statement shows the number of deaths according to age in 1961: —

Town

Under one year

1 to 10 years

10 to 20 years

20 to 30 years

30 to 40 years

40 to 50 years

50 to 60 years

60 and above

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Bhandara

258

104

61

32

40

40

45

30

Gondia

251

119

48

28

42

34

45

113

Pauni

36

22

13

9

13

7

32

99

Tumsar

11

23

17

12

4

5

22

63

Total

556

268

139

81

99

86

144

305

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