VITAL STATISTICS AND SANITATION IN
RAJPUTANA.
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Ajmer-Merwara.
7. With the exception of three fatal cases (of which one occurred in Ajmer
City in April and 2 in Pisangan town in
June 1915), Ajmer-Merwara was free
from cholera.
Native States.
8. During the year 2,958 cases of cholera were reported from the Native
States of Rajputana of which 1,978 proved
fatal: against 3,185 seizures and 1,618
deaths in 1914.
9. In March 1915 cholera broke out in Jaipur, Bharatpur and Marwar
about the same time and extended to Alwar, Bikaner, Kotah and Dholpur.
10. In Jaipur 497 attacks with 287 deaths were reported in 30 towns and
villages from 11th March to 3rd December 1915, of which 56 cases and 52
deaths occurred in Jaipur City and its suburbs.
11. In Bharatpur 35 cases were reported in 4 towns and villages, including
4 cases and 3 deaths in Bharatpur City, from 12th March to 4th June 1915.
12. In Marwar 1,915 cases and 1,350 deaths were reported in 81 towns and
villages from 25th March to 3rd September 1915.
13. Cholera was imported into Alwar by a resident, who had visited Hardwar
fair where cholera was epidemic, 132 cases and 67 deaths were reported from
21st April to 29th August 1915. Of these 16 cases and 8 deaths occurred in
Alwar City.
14. Cholera appeared first in Bikaner State on 27th April 1915 in
Tehsil Hanumangarh, and afterwards in Bikaner City. The cause of the
outbreak was infection brought from British territory where the disease was in
epidemic form. 170 cases were reported of which 90 proved fatal, including
10 cases and 7 deaths in Bikaner City, upto 22nd June 1915.
15. In Kotah 122 seizures and 103 deaths were reported. The epidemic
lasted for 35 days, from 12th August to 17th September 1915. In Dholpur 87
cases and 63 deaths occurred between 15th September and 8th November
1915.
16. The usual precautionary and preventive measures were adopted.
17. As the cholera outbreak in Rajputana was slight, no map has been
attached to the report.
SANITATION.
Ajmer City conservancy.
18. Most of the unserviceable rolling stock has been replaced. A
proposal for sanction of some new
conservancy carts has been submitted to
replace those which have become worn out.
19. A scheme for the substitution of movable galvanised iron latrines
and urinals for the present masonry ones is under consideration. The number
requires augmentation, to prevent the fouling of streets and lanes which
goes on at present. Most of the privies and urinals in the city and suburbs
have been provided with movable iron receptacles.
20. The night soil and rubbish of Ajmer are conveyed from the collecting
station to the trenching ground by a steam tramway which was started on the
1st March 1915, replacing the former system of haulage of trucks by
bullocks.
21. The main roads of the city and suburbs require attention, especially
those bearing the brunt of the traffic. The dust raised from the roads leading
from Kaisergunj to the Daulat Bagh and from the Telegraph office to the
Kutchery (District Courts) is frequently so dense as to render progression
difficult: and probably largely accounts for the prevalence of Catarrhal diseases
of bronchial tubes, nose, throat and eyes. The roads should be paved or
macadamised from one side to the other and foot paths provided for pedestrians.
This would render both driving and walking safer than is now the case.
22. A scheme for surface drainage, which is badly wanted, is under
consideration.