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REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY
7. Table V shows the success rate obtained monthwar. There has been a
slight fall of 0.89 per cent over the whole year. With the exception of the
month of July which shows a rise in the success curve, there is the usual low
success rate in the summer and early autumn months. June is the worst month
of the year while October is the best. The sudden drops in August, December
and February are difficult to account for. The maximum success rate of 90.03
per cent falls short of the 93.74 per cent of the February previous by 3.71 per cent.
TABLE VI.
Returns recorded in the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Guindy, from the whole of the Madras
Presidency, according to districts, 1916-17.
Serial
num
ber.
1
2
3
4 5
6
7
8
9
19
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Districts.
Anantapur ... ... ...
Bellary
... ... ... ...
Chingleput ... ... ... ...
Chittoor ... ... ... ...
Coimbatore ... ... ... ...
Cuddapah ... ... ... ...
Ganjām ... ... ... ...
Godāvari ... ... ... ...
Guntūr ... ... ... ...
Kistna ... ... ... ...
Kurnool ... ... ... ...
Madura ... ... ... ...
Malabar ... ... ... ...
Nellore ... ... ... ...
Nilgiris ... ... ... ...
North Arcot ... ... ... ...
Ramnad ... ... ... ...
Salem ... ... ... ...
South Arcot ... ... ... ...
South Kanara ... ... ...
Tanjore ... ... ... ...
Tinnevelly ... ... ...
Trichinopoly ... ... ...
Vizagapatam ... ... ...
Total ...
Total
successful.
26,566
31,274
38,925
36,054
47,715
22,813
60,672
42,367
59,588
67,009
30,298
39,708
101,341
29,548
5,474
53,043
53,156
58,197
6,565
41,327
69,068
62,921
56,454
102,204
1,192,287
Total un
successful.
2,742
1,604
9,627
3,115
21,716
5,670
7,055
19,626
6,213
6,579
985
8,139
21,546
9,119
196
7,212
1,762
4,440
9,912
4,507
3,659
8,916
6,085
10,786
181,211
Percentage
of success.
90.64
95.12
80.17
92.05
68.72
80.09
89.58
68.34
90.56
91.06
96.85
82.99
82.47
76.42
96.54
88.03
96.79
92.1
85.09
90.17
94.97
87.59
90.27
90.45
86.81%
successful.
8. Table VI gives the results obtained districtwar. Gōdāvari and Coimba-
tore continue to be bad and in keeping with the general lower percentage of
success in all the districts in general show a drop in the success rate of 2.59 per
cent and 2.27 per cent, respectively, from the previous year's figures. Kurnool
tops the list, displacing Ramnad by .06 per cent and the Nilgiris by .31 per cent.
As compared with last year, Nellore takes the place of Chingleput, to form the third
worst district by recording a success rate of below 80 per cent. Nellore shows the
greatest fall, viz., 7.06 per cent in the success rate ; Malabar and Cuddapah show
falls of 5.54 per cent and 5.28 per cent, respectively. Chingleput shows a rise of
6.42 per cent, whilst Ganjām and Madura have improved by 1.93 per cent and
2.77 per cent, respectively.
TABLE VII.
Statement showing the percentage of success obtained in certain districts selected for comparison
in each of the last five years.
Serial
number.
1
2
3
4
5
Districts.
Bellary ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anantapur ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kurnool ... ... ... ... ... ...
Godāvari ... ... ... ... ...
Coimbatore ... ... ... ... ... ...
1912-13.
96.48
95.45
96.95
79.04
69.59
1913-14.
97.59
94.41
96.65
84.64
78.92
1914-15.
86.81
94.35
96.82
81.46
76.59
1915-16.
96.58
92.24
96.64
70.93
70.99
1916-17.
95.12
90.64
96.85
68.34
68.72
Average.
96.52
93.42
96.78
76.88
72.96
9. Table VII shows the percentage rate of success attained in five districts
selected for comparison during each of the last five years. It will be noted that
these districts-keep up their relative position in a remarkable manner. Gōdāvari
and Coimbatore are far below and at the bottom of the list.