6
The total income for 1911-12 was Rs. 16,33,109, the incidence of taxation
being Rs. 5-9-11 and the incidence of income Us. 11-10-0. The total expen-
diture in the same period was Us. 18,59,314-10-0.
2. Sanitation.—The Public Health Department of the city is under the
control of the Health Officer assisted by one Chief Inspector and four Sanitary
Inspectors. For administrative purposes the city is divided into four divisions,
one in charge of each Inspector. They are responsible both for conservancy and
sanitary works in their respective divisions. Each of them are in turn assisted
by Sub-Inspectors in charge of scavenging and halalcore service.
The Inspector is a man of experience only and no qualifications. During
the previous year, three coolies and one rnukadum under an Inspector were
told off to abolish or disinfect the breeding places of mosquitoes in Civil Lines
and Frere town, with questionable results. The cantonment has a separate
mosquito brigade.
The following is the staff engaged for the work in the city :—
1
4
8
6
Chief Inspector.
Inspectors.
Sub-Inspectors in charge of scavenging.
Sub-Inspectors in charge of halalcore.
27
5
226
270
Mukadums.
Trip checkers.
Halalcores.
Sweepers, coolies, etc,
During the year 1911-12 Rs. 73,488 were spent in Public Health Depart-
ment, Us. 29,125 on hospitals and dispensaries, and Rs. 10,482 on plague
and cholera precautions.
3. Water-supply.—The water-supply is excellent in quality, but in-
sufficient in quantity. The outlying quarters are practically dependent on wells
for their water-supply. The wells at Malir and Dumelotte provide the required
supply at Karachi. The domestic consumption of water per head works out
at 14.4 gallons per day. In some places where the supply is good it is about
20 gallons per day, but in other places it does not exceed 5 gallons. The
pressure is very low, necessitating the use of hand-pumps and cisterns in certain
houses, while the rest, store it as they can in small receptacles. Most of the
houses have a public stand-pipe in common, from which they have to fetch it,
and the flow from these pipes is often intermittent. The capital expenditure
incurred so far has been Rs. 18,54,880.
4. Drainage.—The whole of the city, except the Civil Lines, Kiamari and
the Lyari suburb, is drained on Shone's ejector system and gravitating drains.
There are 13 of these ejectors at work* The quantity of the sewage is dealt
with at the sewage-farm, two and half miles from the city and gives good
satisfaction. The Civil Lines and Kiamari are supplied with catch-water pits,
one or more for each house, from which the foul water is regularly carted
away. The Lyari cannot even boast of these, and the waste water is somehow
let out of the house and allowed to dry. The drainage system has not been
extended to out-lying quarters, because of the great distances from house to
house. The capital expenditure on drainage works amounts to Rs. 18,76,790.
Section 6.
1. Vital statistics.—The following table gives the recorded number of
deaths against recorded plague mortality, male and
female deaths, and the death-rate of each:—
Year.
1906-07
1907-08
1908-09
1909-10
1910-11
...
1911-12
Total
plague
mortality.
2,885
2,380
2,547
2,069
1,681
2,768
Total
number
of
deaths.
6,2S3
6,425
5,946
5,168
5,316
6,588
Death-
rate per
1,000.
57.83
49.93
54.72
47.56
35.94
54.55
Total
number
of
male
deaths.
3,355
2,905
3,287
2,863
2,935
3,638
Male
popula-
tion.
62,779
• • •
• • •
• •
•
88,056
...
Death-
rate per
1,000.
54.07
46.27
52.35
45.60
3333
41.31
Female
deaths
2,888
2,520
2,659
2,305
2,591
2,950
Fern ale
popula-
tion.
45,865
•••
• • •
...
59,820
...
Deducting the recorded plague mortality from the total number of deaths,
the true death-rate is 24.58 per mille for 1910-11 and 28.83 for 1911-12.