REPORT

                                             ON

  SANITATION, DISPENSARIES, AND JAILS IN
                  RAJPUTANA FOR 1912,

                                        AND ON

  VACCINATION FOR THE YEAR 1912-1913.

SECTION I.—SANITATION AND VACCINATION.

METEOROLOGY AND ITS RELATION TO FOOD SUPPLY.

Rainfall in Ajmer.

1. During the year under report 13.87 inches of rain were registered in
Ajmer against 8.59 in the previous year;
a rainfall of 7.09 inches less than the
average of the previous six years. It did not provide sufficient water in all
tanks and wells throughout the district; and the ground water level in the
wells fell considerably.

Rainfall in Native States.

2. The rainfall recorded in Rajputana on the whole was satisfactory.
All wells and tanks were filled up; but as
the precipitation in September was
deficient the Kharif Crops suffered in many Native States. The out-turn of the
Rabi crops is expected to be fairly good. Grass has been fairly abundant.

VITAL STATISTICS, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births in Ajmer-Merwara.

3.  According to the birth return 23,609 births were registered in Ajmer-
Merwara in 1912 against 22,700 in 1911;
an increase of 909, due to the year being
a healthier one than its predecessor. Of the total births registered 12,416 were
males and 11,193 females. The birth rate was 47.08 per mille of population
against 47.60 per mille in the previous year. The percentage of male to female
births was 110.92 as compared with 111.83 in 1911.

4.  During the year 19,178 deaths were registered in this Division against
21,182 in 1911; a decrease of 2,004, which is attributed to the absence of
plague and malaria. The death-rate per mille of population was 38.25 against
44.41 in the previous year.

5.  The mortality among children under five years of age was 61 per cent of
the total deaths against 54 per cent. in 1911. Measles and Small-pox prevailed
during the year. The mortality from Small-pox was 3,050 as compared with
1,432 in the previous year. Of these 2,129 deaths were reported in the Ajmer
District, and 921 in Merwara. The epidemic was confined to un-vaccinated
children. It was most fatal in March when 1,027 deaths were reported.

Population on which the birth and death rates are
calculated.

6.  The birth and death rates shown in this report have been calculated on
the population according to the Census of
1911, which shows for the Ajmer-Merwara
Division a total of 501,395. This is more than the population (Census of 1901),
according to which the provincial rates for 1911 or the immediately preceding
years were calculated by only 24,483.

7.  As the Census Report of Rajputana and Ajmer-Merwara for 1911 does
not show population according to circles of registration but merely to District
and Chief Towns, Annual birth and death returns (form I to XII) of the
districts of Ajmer and Merwara for 1912 have been prepared accordingly.

8.  A reference to the statement of mortality among children under one and
five years of age shows that about two-third of the total mortality for the whole
year occurred in children under five years of age.

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