Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

Madras (India). Health Department.

Date:: [1938]

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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. i 9 . L Municipal Divisions. Number of births registered. Number of infantile deaths. Infantile mortality rates per 1000 births. 1 556 154 277-0 2 668 142 212-6 3 1,523 332 218-0 4 1,373 290 211-2 5 1,166 267 228-9 6 . 324 109 336-4 7 643 153 237-9 8 327 49 1498 9 671 130 193-7 10 406 94 231*5 11 708 146' 206-2 12 328 55 167-7 13 1,093 253 231-5 14 723 195 26S-7 15 363 92 253-4 16 *492 86 174-8 17 1,222 321 262-7 18 793 215 271-1 19 1,460 368 252-1 20 865 219 253*2 21 881 175 198-6 22 599 82 136-9 23 870 193 221-8 24 523 102 195-0 25 803 106 256-5 26 874 194 221-9 27 892 140 156-9 . 28 605 33 219-8 29 443 270 1580 30 827 214 258-8 31 1,049 150 238-3 32 910 160 175-8 33 619 141 227-8 34 688 150 218-0 35 1,684 405 240-5 36 752 131 174-2 37 804 170 211-4 38 513 85 165-7 39 539 105 194-8 40 406 105 258*6 Total 30,985 6,881 222-1 # 22 Municipal divisions returned rates less than the annual infantile- mortality rate for the whole city. High death-rates occurred in divisions which are congested and contain poorer classes. H—3