Report on the public health administration of Burma : 1928.

  • Burma. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Report on the public health administration of Burma : 1928. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE Public Health Administration of Burma For the Year 1928. [Sections I to IV are, as usual, omitted in compliance*with the instructions contained in Government of India, Home Department, letter No.^Sanitary)—260, dated the 4th September 1878. Section VII is separately reported Lupon and Section VIII is not controlled by this Department.] SECTION V. General Population and Vital Statistics. 1. Area and Population.—The total area under regular registration remains the same as in previous years, namely 115,060 square miles, and for purposes of this report the 1921 census figure of 10,822,618 remains the same as last year. The relative areas and population classified as rural and urban have been Year. Population. Rural. Urban. Total. 1927 ... 1928 ... 9,575,398 9,568,988 1,247,220 1,253,630 10,822,618 10,822,618 modified during the year by the transfer of Chauk to the urban area on its being constituted a notified area in October 1927 and the^exten¬ sion of the boundaries of the towns of Thongwa and Pyapon. The effect upon the populations is as shown in. thej; margin. The returns of some of the backward districts, where registration is not sufficiently accurate to be included in the main statements, including those in which a primitive system of registration by tally sticks was introduced in 1922, affecting a population of 2,337,446 and an area of 116,935 square miles, are shown in Statement II {a).