MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

VITAL STATISTICS

In 1901 the population of the district was 3,86,012. It rose to 5,38,903 in 1951 and further to 6,34,277 in 1961, showing an increase of 39.61 per cent in 1951 over that of 1901 and 64.32 per cent in 1961 over that of 1901. This growth of population is in keeping with the general trends in population growth in the country.

The following statement gives births, deaths and percentage of deaths in 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1923, 1941 and 1942.

In 1957, high birth rate to the extent of 45.3 was noticed in the district of Wardha. The following statement gives the information about the births in the district during the year 1957:—

In keeping with the pattern found in the country, births usually exceeded deaths in the district. During 1963, there were 26,799 births in the district as against 12,106 deaths. The birth rate calculated on the basis of mid year population from 1963-64 worked out to 40.8 per 1000 for the district as against the death rate of 18.4 per 1000.

The following statement shows the number of births and deaths in Wardha district from 1961 to 1965.

In 1957, 37 male and 42 female still births were registered in the district Still Births. giving a percentage ratio to live births of 0.3.

The following statement [ Infant is taken to be a child upto one year of age.] shows the incidence of infant [Source: Bureau of Economics and Statistics.] mortality in the Infant Mortality, district.

Table Number 1 gives the number of deaths due to different diseases for some years from 1891 to 1946.

Deaths due to different diseases.

TABLE No. 1

DEATHS DUE TO DIFFERENT DISEASES IN WARDHA DISTRICT,

Plague in 1912 and 1916 caused the deaths to exceed the births and in 1918 the population decreased by 26,500 owing to influenza.

From the table it can be deduced that cholera must have been prevalent in the district in epidemic form in 1896, 1900, 1906, 1912, 1916, 1927, 1938 and 1945 during which years the incidence of deaths due to cholera was very high exceeding the 1,000 mark. Similarly small-pox seems to have appeared in an epidemic form in 1896, though deaths due to smallpox have been recorded almost every year. Plague as an epidemic spread in the district in 1904, 1910, 1916 and 1917. No deaths due to plague have been recorded during recent years. Fevers of different types always take the heaviest toll in the district with more than 5,000 yearly deaths. However, the number of deaths due to fevers has also declined during the recent years.

The Annual Public Health Report for 1957 includes, the district of Wardha among the districts where high incidence of small-pox was recorded. In the rural areas of Wardha were recorded 559 deaths due to small-pox.

The following statement gives the number of deaths from different causes in the district in 1957.

During the period from 1961 to 1964 no major deaths were reported due to plague and cholera excepting a few from cholera in 1962 and 1964. The following statement gives the number of deaths due to important causes from 1961 to 1965.

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