Annual report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.

  • India. Sanitary Commissioner.
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[1892]
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Credit: Annual report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In all three presidencies venereal diseases and ague head the list. For the decennium venereal diseases stand first in all three presidencies, but in 1892 ague was highest in Bengal and Bombay. Ague in Madras was lower than in the decennium, but in Bengal and Bombay it was higher; and in all venereal disease was higher than it was for the decennium. Bengal had the highest admission ratios from respiratory diseases, enteric fever, remittent fever, in¬ fluenza, and spleen diseases; Madras the highest from venereal diseases, hepatitis, rheumatism, and dysentery ; Bombay the highest from ague, simple continued fever, diarrhoea, and phthisis pulmonalis. See also Table V. 12. Some of the more important causes of death Comparison of presidencies in • • , , . , r respect of deaths. in the three presidencies are shown in the follow¬ ing table: — Deaths from the chief diseases and from all causes in the three presidencies, per mile of strength. Bengal. • Madras. Bombay. Deaths from 1882 Deaths from 1882 Deaths from 1882 1892. 1891. to 1892. o\ 00 to 1892. 1891. to 1891. 00 VO t-i 1891. Enteric fever • 640 664 473 Enteric fever . 318 3-08 2’95 Enteric fever 5 03 5-58 3-36 Cholera . 2 42 278 1'46 r Abscess •98 i'35 A Cholera . 94 2'60 2'o8 / Abscess . .. . \ Congestion HePatlc j and in- 1 28 •98 [■ 1-1Q Hepatic )Con/esfltion r j and intiam- (, mation •15 •23 > 1‘92 C Abscess Hepatic \ Congestion L J and innam- •63 •55 f -89 (. flammation •07 •05 ) Cholera . 53 1-58 io5 C mation •08 •16 ) Phthisis pulmonalis . 75 •61 79 Dysentery 1 29 •45 •go Dysentery •08 •47 •86 Pneumonia •81 •5i [ -87* Remittent fever •38 •83 •76 Phthisis pulmonalis . •55 •63 •69 Other respiratory Phthisis pulmonalis . 60 •30 ■54 Remittent fever ■24 •08 •5i diseases •17 •]0 Pneumonia •30 •68 > Pneumonia •31 *47 -) Dysentery •59 •44 •55 Other respiratory •08 { '57* Other respiratory •16 [ '55* Remittent fever i'59 79 •43 diseases •08 ) diseases •08 J Diarrhoea •09 •07 •04 Diarrhoea ... ... •11 Diarrhoea •16 ■l6 •09 Total from all Total from all Total from all Causes 19 81 i6’86 I4-50 Causes 1232 I4-49 i3'33 CAUSES I2-C0 I4-24 1397 # For six years, 1886—91. In all three presidencies enteric fever heads the decennial list, followed in Bengal and Bombay by cholera and hepatitis, and in Madras by hepatitis and cholera. But in 1892 remittent occupied the third place in Bengal, and dysentery the second place in Madras. Enteric fever increased in all three presidencies ; cholera and hepatitis only in Bengal. Bengal had the highest death-rates from enteric fever, cholera, hepatic abscess, phthisis, pneumonia, other respiratory diseases, and remittent fever ; Madras the highest from dysentery ; Bombay the highest from diarrhoea. See also Table V. The percentage respectively of enteric fever, hepatitis, dysentery and pneumonia in the total deaths of each presidency was:— 1892. Madras. Bombay. Bengal. Enteric fever • * • • • • 32'3 25-8 39’° Hepatitis • • • • • • 6‘9 92 5'5 Dysentery . • • • • • • 3'° io’4 o‘6 Pneumonia • • • • • • 4‘i 2 5 2'4