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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 Sangli district during the year 1961:—
|
Male |
Female |
Total |
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Mid year estimated population for 1961 |
6,32,771 |
6,05,631 |
12,38,402 |
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Number of births |
18,675 |
17,407 |
36,082 |
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Ratio of births per 1000 of estimated population |
15.1 |
14.1 |
29.2 |
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Mean ratio of births per 1000 during previous five years. |
16.7 |
15.1 |
31.6 |
In Sangli district, 15,182 deaths were registered in 1961 giving the mean ratio of death per 1,000 during the previous five years as follows:—
Male |
13.4 |
Female |
13.7 |
Total |
13.4 |
The following statement shows the number of deaths due to certain diseases in the rural and urban areas of Sangli district during 1961: —
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Rural |
Urban |
Deaths |
Ratio |
Deaths |
Ratio |
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Enteric fevers |
53 |
0.1 |
49 |
0.1 |
Measles |
121 |
0.2 |
15 |
0.0 |
Malaria |
268 |
0.3 |
32 |
0.1 |
Other fevers |
2,352 |
2.8 |
674 |
1.9 |
Dysentery |
5 |
0.0 |
13 |
0.0 |
Diarrhoea |
757 |
0.9 |
203 |
0.6 |
Pneumonia |
26 |
0.0 |
16 |
0.0 |
| | Rural |
Urban |
Deaths |
Ratio |
Deaths |
Ratio | |
Phthisis |
405 |
0.5 |
153 |
0.4 | |
Whooping cough |
3 |
0.0 |
3 |
0.0 | |
Other Respiratory, diseases.. |
775 |
0.9 |
408 |
1.1 | |
Diphtheria |
12 |
0.0 |
12 |
0.0 | |
Leprosy |
49 |
0.1 |
14 |
0.0 | |
Cancer |
43 |
0.1 |
49 |
0.1 | |
Death from child birth |
117 |
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46 |
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[Infant is taken to be a child up to one year
of age.] Infant Mortality
The following statement [ Table taken from the Annual Public Health Report, Bombay State, 1957.] shows the infant mortality in the
district in 1961: — |
Male |
Female |
Total | |
Within 24 hours |
103 |
59 |
162 | |
Above 24 hours to end of first week |
220 |
157 |
377 | |
Above one week to end of first month |
288 |
265 |
553 | |
Between one month and three months |
169 |
144 |
313 | |
Between three months and six months. |
127 |
135 |
262 | |
Between six months and a year |
342 |
331 |
673 | |
Total |
1,249 |
1,091 |
2,340 |
The infant mortality rate was placed at 90 per 1,000 births in rural areas and 118 per 1,000 in urban areas.
The district recorded 346 still births in 1961 giving 9.5 as. the percentage ratio to live births.
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