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REPORT ON SANITATION, DISPENSARIES AND JAILS IN RAJPUTANA FOR 1925
6. Of the total births registered 8,794 were males and 7,642 females. The
birth rate was 33.18 per mille of population against 33.33 per mille in 1924. The
percentage of male to female births was 115.07 as compared with 118.87 in the
previous year.
7. During the year under report the birth rate exceeded the death rate by
8.69 per mille as compared with 8.37 per mille in 1924.
Deaths in Ajmer-Merwara.
8. The total number of deaths registered during the year under report was
11,639 against 12,364 in 1924 showing a decrease of 725. The decrease was due
to low mortality from all causes of deaths.
There was however an increase in the
number of deaths from Small-pox Influenza and injuries.
9. The death rate per mille of population was 23.56 as compared with
24.96 in the previous year.
10. The mortality among children under 5 years of age was 52.15 per cent of
the total deaths against 50.55 in the previous year.
11. 3,408 Children of under one year died a percentage of 29.28 of the total
deaths registered against 30.36 in 1924.
12. 480 deaths from Tuberculosis were registered in Ajmer City and Suburbs
as compared with 583 in the previous year. These are included in deaths from
fevers.
13. There was no epidemic disease in Ajmer-Merwara throughout the year
under report except 1,151 deaths from Small-pox and 53 from Influenza as com-
pared with 615 and nil in the previous year ; but in my opinion many of the deaths
attributed to fevers and Respiratory diseases were really due to Influenza.
14. 7,984 deaths from fevers were reported against 8,932 in 1924 showing
a decrease of 948.
15. The mortality from Bowel complaints was 142 against 204 in the previous
year.
16. Deaths from Respiratory diseases show a decrease of 8 deaths as compared
with last year.
17. Small-pox which appeared in the modified form in March 1924 continued
since then till the close of the year 1925.
INDIAN STATES.
18. The Indian States of Jhalawar. Kotah, Marwar, Bikaner, Mewar, Tonk,
Bundi, Banswara, Dungarpur and Kishengarh were free from all epidemic diseases
except a few cases of Influenza in Gangdhar Tahsil of Jhalawar and a few scattered
cases of Small-pox in the Kotah and Marwar States.
There were also a few cases of Small-pox, Influenza and relapsing fever in
some parts of Mewar.
19. Jaipur.—There was no Plague in the city and its outskirts. 155 cases and
124 deaths were reported from the disease from Sawaimadhogung (Bandikui)
and other towns and villages in the State. No Small-pox in epidemic form except
a few sprodic cases. 57 attacks and 4 deaths from Influenza were reported
from Sawai Madhopur for April 1925.
20. Bharatpur.—The State remained free from Cholera throughout the year.
694 cases of Plague were reported from 2 towns and 15 villages. Out of which
499 proved fatal against 58 cases and 38 deaths of the year before. Dig and
Kaman towns were affected. 52 cases and 10 deaths from Small-pox were reported
from the said two towns against 158 cases and 24 deaths of the preceding year.
21. Alwar.—525 cases and 356 deaths from Plague were reported from Alwar
City and Tijara, Mandawar, Bahrot Kathumar and Kishengarh Tahsils. Tijara
town in the Tahsil of that name and Manka village of the Mandawar Tahsil were
most affected. The outbreak lasted till the month of May 1925.