Annual report on the public health in Sind.

  • Sind (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the public health in Sind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This population is inclusive of the figures for Europeans and Anglo-Indians. Separate information by localities for these communities is not available. 3. Estimated population.—-In accordance with Government of India’s letter, Department of Education, Health and Lands, No. F.-96-43/32-H., dated 15th August 1932, printed in the preamble to (Bombay) Government Resolution, General Department No. 9227, dated 26th November 1932, the estimated population for the year 1936 for the province by Collectorates and the birth and death rates calculated thereon are shown in the following table :— Name of Collectorate, Census Population. 1921 Census Population 1931. Estimated Population 1936 (mid¬ year). Birth rate based on Population of 1931. Birth-rate based on estimated Population 1936 (mid¬ year). Death-rate for 1936 on census Population for 1931. Death-rate for 1936 on estimated Population 1936 (mid¬ year). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Karachi ... 5,79,432 • • • 3077 • • • 18-10 ... Dadu ... 3,34,282 • •• 19-43 • • • 11-16 ... Larkana • o • 4,52,141 • * • 23-61 ... 11-93 • • • Upper Sind Frontier .... • • • 2,60,326 14-80 ... 7-10 • •• Hyderabad ... 5,73,450 6,61,776 7,08,884 15'83 14-77 12-61 11-65 Nawabshah ... 4,18,660 4,96,612 5,43,520 15-36 14-02 10-40 ( 9-50 Thar Parkar 3,96,331 4,68,040 5,06,231 17*32 16-02 11-26 10-63 Sukkur 5,10,292 6.23,779 6,84,305 23-18 21-13 13-06 11-90 Total ... 32,79,377 38,76,388 41,94,793 20*52 18-96 12-49 11-54 The estimated population for the first four Collectorates, vis., Karachi, Dadu, Larkana and Upper Sind Frontier and the birth and death rates based on the estimated population could not be calcu¬ lated on account of the territorial changes that took place in the Collectorates in 1931. The birth and death rates on the estimated population for the year 1935 were 19*04 and 11*42, respectively. 2. Changes in Area.—During the year under report the area was the same as in the previous year. European and Anglo-Indian Vital Statistics. 3. Europeans.—According to the census of 1931 the Euro¬ pean population in .the province of Sind is 6,576. During the year underreport, 37 births (23 males and 14 females) were recorded giving a birth rate of 5*62 per mile of population. There were iq deaths, the death rate being 1*52.