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                    PROVINCIAL STATEMENT A.—Showing the degree of protection afforded to infants during
                                                                        the year 1902-1903.

DISTRICT.

Population
among
which
vaccina-
tions were
performed.

Estimated
birth at
40.14 per
1,000 of
population
(being the
actual
birth-rate
for the
province
during
1902).

Mortality
among in-
fants under
one year.

Surviving
population
under one
year avail-
able for
vaccination.

Number
success-
fully
vaccinated.

Proportion
of persons
success-
fully
vaccinated
per 1,000 of
population
as shown
in column
5.

Proportion
of persons
success-
fully
vaccinated
per 1,000 of
population
in 1901-1902,
(the actual
birth-rate
or the prov-
ince for
the year
being taken
for the cal-
culation of
estimated
births).

REMARKS.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Ranchi ... ... ...

1,155,832

46,395

8,525

37,870

31,193

823.68

691.08

Malda ... ... ...

866,620

34,786

7,177

27,609

22,672

821.18

752.30

Bhagalpur ... ...

2,007,455

80,579

12,491

68,088

46,681

685.59

703.43

Darjeeling ... ...

227,724

9,141

1,610

7,531

4,528

601.24

1,036.13

Angul ... ...

191,911

7,703

2,139*

5,564

3,174

570.45

376.81

Political States of
Chota Nagpur.

1,001,429

40,197

11,163*

29,034

16,393

564.61

612.18

Khulna ... ...

1,228,807

49,324

11,669

37,655

21,106

560.50

549.64

Birbhum ... ...

893,588

35,869

7,358

28,511

15,977

560.38

337.92

Paridpur ... ...

1,908,534

76,609

17,279

59,330

33,157

558.85

216.12

Purnea ... ...

1,853,116

74,384

13,386

60,998

33,145

543.37

517.60

Darbhanga ... ...

2,809,219

112,762

17,210

95,552

51,221

536.05

554.20

Palamau ... ...

613,763

24,636

5,836

18,800

9,894

526.27

454.14

Sonthal Parganas ...

1,793,341

71,985

11,026

60,959

31,942

523.99

499.89

Manbhum ... ...

1,275,025

51,180

8,807

42,373

21,646

510.84

434.29

Jalpaiguri ... ...

777,672

31,216

7,888

23,328

11,721

502.44

445.70

Backergunge ... ...

2,246,178

90,162

21,217

68,945

34,249

496.75

302.02

Burdwan ... ...

1,445,747

58,032

12,616

45,416

21,376

470.67

242.35

24-Parganas ... ...

1,680,229

67,4441

10,662

56,782

26,372

464.44

459.19

Gaya ... ...

1,972,464

79,175

16,678

62,497

27,565

441.06

387.78

Monghyr ... ...

2,018,995

81,042

15,412

65,630

26,169

398.73

266.37

Hazaribagh ... ...

1,142,130

45,845

9,104

36,741

14,069

382.92

331.46

Jessore ... ...

1,791,856

71,925

13,531

58,394

22,082

378.15

358.68

Chittagong Hill Tracts

124,762

5,008

1,391*

3,617

1,302

359.96

300.60

Muzaffarpur ... ...

2,666,735

107,043

22,842

84,201

29,618

351.75

139.26

Rajshahi ... ...

1,432,164

57,487

11,415

46,072

15,780

342.50

323.51

Dinajpur ... ...

1,553,650

62,364

17,948

44,416

13,914

313.26

262.91

Midnapore ... ...

2,699,238

108,347

20,780

87,567

25,691

293.38

245.11

Bankura ... ...

1,063,136

42,674

8,074

34,600

9,993

288.81

390.01

Howrah ... ...

674,258

27,065

4,647

22,418

6,243

278.48

192.42

Champaran ... ...

1,752,037

70,327

15,136

55,191

14,930

270.51

212.36

Rangpur ... ...

2,138,221

85,828

19,232

66,596

17,857

268.13

219.68

Hooghly ... ...

915,390

36,744

6,394

30,350

8,107

267.11

170.16

Pabna ... ...

1,378,923

55,350

7,955

47,395

12,422

262.09

433.52

Patna ... ... ...

1,399,274

56,167

16,646

39,521

10,182

257.63

279.14

Dacca ... ... ...

2,534,508

101,735

20,333

81,402

20,337

249.83

266.88

Murshidabad ... ...

1,257,277

50,467

12,170

38,297

9,422

246.02

204.67

Saran ... ... ...

2,338,087

93,851

18,645

75,206

18,277

243.02

246.92

Nadia ... ... ...

1,572,136

63,106

17,529

45,577

10,682

234.37

259.21

Shahabad ... ...

1,844,590

74,042

16,863

57,179

12,898

225.57

188.10

Chittagong ... ...

1,327,265

53,276

8,380

44,896

9,358

208.43

258.25

Singhbhum ... ...

604,926

24,282

3,134

21,148

4,080

192.92

155.30

Mymensingh ... ...

3,809,671

152,920

28,398

124,522

23,284

186.98

228.73

Noakhali ... ...

1,135,208

45,567

8,679

36,888

6,853

185.77

238.04

Bogra ... ...

843,335

33,851

7,739

26,112

4,503

172.44

110.48

Tippera ... ...

2,069,545

83,072

15,112

67,960

11,004

161.91

119.91

Puri ... ...

967,950

38,853

7,483

31,370

4,939

157.44

36.97

Tributary States of
Orissa.

1,878,352

75,397

20,938*

54,459

7,244

133.01

156.74

Balasore ... ...

1,050,317

42,160

10,413

31,747

3,942

124.16

132.34

Cuttack ... ...

1,984,038

79,639

18,631

61,008

6,751

110.65

151.69

Total of Rural areas

73,916,628

2,967,013

609,691

2,357,322

845,945

358.85

317.16

Calcutta ... ...

847,796

34,031

4,560

29,471

2,583

87.65

129.74

Do. A. V. Depôt...

Not under registration.

43

1.45

3.14

Total of Calcutta and
Depôt.

847,796

34,031

4,560

29,471

2,626

89.10

132.88

Mufassal Municipali-
ties, dispensaries,
etc.

2,860,223

114,809

19,611

95,198

46,220

485.51

467.06

GRAND TOTAL ...

77,624,647

3,115,853

633,862

2,481,991

894,791

360.51

320.61

* Registration of births and deaths is not carried on in these places. The number of deaths among infants in them has been
calculated at the rate of infant mortality obtaining in this province during 1902, viz. 277.71 per mille.

OFFICE OF THE SANY. COMMR. FOR BENGAL,                                          F. C. CLARKSON, MAJOR, I.M.S.,

The 30th May 1903.                                                                                                                Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.