VITAL STATISTICS AND SANITATION IN RAJPUTANA.
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10. Table showing the number of Cholera cases and deaths reported in
Rajputana during the year 1916.
Ajmer-Merwara.
11. During the year 1,172 cases of Cholera with 888 deaths were reported
in the Ajmer-Merwara District. Of these,
972 cases and 753 deaths occurred in the
Ajmer District; and 200 cases with 135 deaths in Merwara.
12. The disease broke out in May, and lasted till the middle of September.
It prevailed in an epidemic form chiefly in the Mangliawas and Masuda
Circles of the Ajmer District: the figures being 312 cases and 275 deaths in
Masuda, and 116 cases and 101 deaths in Mangliawas Circles. It was brought
by immigrants returning to Rajputana from Central India, where the disease
existed, whither they had taken their flocks and herds on account of
prevailing scarcity in Rajputana.
13. In the Town Circles of Registration there were 315 cases with 187
deaths, viz.:—
52 cases with 39 deaths in Ajmer City.
41 cases with 15 deaths in Pisangan.
16 cases with 9 deaths in Nasirabad.
114 cases with 66 deaths in Kekri.
92 cases with 58 deaths in Beawar.
14. All necessary precautions were taken throughout the Ajmer-Merwara
District in the way of Sanitation : and wells were disinfected. Cholera pills
with necessary instructions for use were sent to the Police Stations and to
the Tehsildars for distribution.
Native States.
15. During the year, 6,770 cases of Cholera and 4,177 deaths were
reported from the Native States of
Rajputana ; against 2,958 cases and
1,978 deaths in 1915.
16. In April the disease broke out in Dholpur, Jaipur and Bharatpur
about the same time, and extended to Marwar, Bikaner, Mewar, Shahpura,
Jhalawar, Kotah, Alwar, Kishangarh, Sirohi, Tonk and Karauli.
17. In Dholpur, 59 cases and 47 deaths were reported in one town and
two villages from 7th April to 11th September, 1916, of which 2 cases and
1 death occurred in Dholpur City.
18. In Jaipur, 921 seizures with 847 deaths were reported in 15 towns
and villages, including Jaipur City and its suburbs, from 15th April to 29th
September, 1916. Of these, 687 cases with 677 deaths occurred in Jaipur
City and its suburbs, and 4 cases and 1 death in the Central Jail, Jaipur.
19. In Bharatpur, 523 attacks with 261 deaths were reported in 5 towns
and 32 villages from 15th April to 3rd November, 1916 : of these, 4 cases and
2 deaths occurred in Bharatpur City.
20. In Marwar, Cholera prevailed in epidemic form from 8th May to
18th August. It again broke out from 6th September and lasted up to 25th
October, 1916. 1,346 attacks with 972 deaths were reported in 85 towns and
villages, including 2 cases and 1 death in Jodhpur City. The disease was
introduced by Marwaris returning with their cattle from Malwa.
21. In Bikaner, Cholera broke out on the 17th May, when 3 attacks
and 2 deaths were reported. It appeared in Bikaner City on 14th November,
and lasted up to 4th December ; during which period 42 cases with 36 deaths
occurred. It was brought from British territory, where the disease was in
epidemic form.
22. In Mewar, 1,134 attacks and 585 deaths were reported between May
and October, 1916, in 30 towns and villages, including Udaipur City, in which
406 cases with 264 deaths occurred from 30th May to 12th July, 1916. The
disease lasted in the State till the 3rd October, 1916.
23. In Shahpura, Cholera broke out on the 21st- May, 1916. The total
number of cases and deaths reported in 7 villages was 65 and 36 respectively
The disease lasted till the 7th July 1916.