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MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
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VITAL STATISTICS
The following statement shows the number of births registered in Dhulia district during the year 1961:-
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Males |
Females |
Total |
Mid year estimated population for 1961 |
6,91,908 |
6,69,009 |
13,60,917 |
Number of births |
29,314 |
26,941 |
56,255 |
Ratio of births per 1,000 of population |
-- |
-- |
41.3 |
Mean ratio of births per 1,000 during previous five years. |
-- |
-- |
42.0 |
In Dhulia district 23,159 deaths were registered in 1961 giving the mean ratio of deaths per 1,000 during the previous five years as follows: -
Male |
19.2 |
Female |
19.4 |
Total |
19.4 |
The following statement shows the number of deaths due to certain diseases in the rural and urban areas of Dhulia district during 1961.
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Rural |
Urban |
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Deaths |
Ratio |
Deaths |
Ratio |
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Enteric Fevers |
58 |
0.0 |
26 |
0.1 |
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Measles |
50 |
0.0 |
17 |
0.0 |
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Malaria |
860 |
0.8 |
52 |
0.2 |
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Other fevers |
7,967 |
5.4 |
665 |
2.4 |
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Dysentery |
48 |
0.0 |
29 |
0.1 |
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Diarrhoea |
583 |
0. 5 |
85 |
0.3 |
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Pneumonia |
34 |
0. 0 |
1 12 |
0.4 |
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Phthisis |
543 |
0.4 |
156 |
0.6 |
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Whooping Cough |
13 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.0 | |
Other respiratory diseases |
2,519 |
1.9 |
298 |
1.2 |
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Diphtheria |
3 |
0.0 |
-- |
-- | |
Leprosy |
49 |
0.0 |
3 |
0.0 |
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Cancer |
42 |
0.0 |
23 |
0.0 |
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Deaths from child birth |
174 |
-- |
33 |
-- |
The following statement shows the infant mortality in the district in 1961-
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Male |
Females |
Total |
Within 24 hours |
183 |
106 |
289 |
Above 24 hours to the end of first week |
272 |
204 |
476 |
Above one week to the end of first month |
237 |
168 |
405 |
Between one month and three months |
389 |
371 |
760 |
Between three months and six months |
419 |
292 |
711 |
Between six months and a year |
767 |
675 |
1,442 |
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Total |
2,267 |
1,816 |
4,083 |
The infant mortality rate was placed at 82 per 1,000 births in rural areas and 55 per 1,000 in urban areas.
The district recorded 416 still-births in 1961 giving 7.9 as the percentage ratio to live-births.
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