REPORT

                                                    ON

SANITATION, DISPENSARIES, AND JAILS IN
               RAJPUTANA FOR 1911,

                                             AND ON

         VACCINATION FOR THE YEAR 1911-1912.

      SECTION I.—SANITATION AND VACCINATION.
METEOROLOGY AND ITS RELATION TO FOOD SUPPLY.

Rainfall in Ajmer.

1. During the year under report 8.59 inches of rain were registered in
Ajmer against 17.19 inches in 1910, the
average for the previous six years being
20.74 inches. The rainfall during the monsoon season from June to September
was 9.23 inches less than the previous year when the fall was 16.47 inches
during the period.

Rainfall in Native States.

2. The rainfall recorded in Rajputana generally was unusually deficient
owing to which both the Kharif and Rabi
crops suffered; scarcity of fodder pre-
vailed throughout the province.

                  VITAL STATISTICS, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births in Ajmer-Merwara.

3. There were 22,700 births registered in Ajmer-Merwara in 1911, against
20,355 in 1910, an increase of 2,345
which is due to a general healthier year.
Of the total births registered, 11,984 were males and 10,716 females, the birth
rate was 47.60 per mille of population against 42.68 per mille in the previous
year. The percentage of male to female births was 111.83 against 113.07 in
1910. The birth rate exceeded the death rate in 17 out of 23 circles against 9
in the previous year.

Deaths in Ajmer-Merwara.

4.  During the year there were 21,182 deaths registered in Ajmer-Merwara
against 23,882 in 1910, a decrease of 2,700,
which is attributed to the absence of
plague and malaria. The death rate per mille of population was 44.41 against
50.08 in the previous year.

5.  The mortality among children under five years of age was 54 per cent.
of the total deaths against 33 per cent. in 1910. Measles and small-pox
prevailed during the year. The mortality from small-pox was 1,432 as com-
pared with 78 in the previous year. Of these 1,243 deaths were reported in
the Ajmer District and 189 in Merwara, the epidemic was confined to unvacci-
nated persons.

6.  Deaths from bowel complaints also show an increase due probably to
the scarcity of rainfall and deterioration of water supplies.

7.  Deaths exceeded births in six circles which contain all the larger towns
in the district. The Civil Surgeon, Ajmer, reports that "this appears to
indicate that registration of births in the towns is defective, another element
is bad sanitation in the towns, overcrowding causing tuberculosis, etc."

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