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PROVINCIAL STATEMENT A.—Showing the degree of protection afforded to
Infants during the year 1920-21.
DISTRICTS. |
Rural population |
Estimated |
Mortality |
Surviving |
Number |
Proportion of |
Proportion |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Malda ... ... |
962,765 |
29,653 |
5,429 |
24,224 |
20,532 |
847.6 |
874.54 |
Darjeeling ... |
240,971 |
7,421 |
1,613 |
5,808 |
4,750 |
817.8 |
1,001.69 |
Jalpaiguri ... |
890,895 |
27,439 |
6,247 |
21,192 |
12,002 |
566.3 |
475.07 |
Rajshahi ... |
1,448,930 |
44,627 |
13,233 |
31,394 |
17,084 |
544.1 |
532.74 |
Burdwan ... |
l,444,185 |
44,480 |
10,067 |
34,413 |
17,312 |
503.06 |
415.87 |
Murshidabad ... |
1,288,791 |
39,694 |
10,578 |
29,116 |
13,837 |
475.3 |
477.86 |
Nadia ... ... |
1,521,928 |
46,875 |
12,885 |
33,990 |
16,137 |
474.7 |
483.97 |
Dinajpur ... |
1,671,918 |
51,495 |
14,053 |
87,442 |
17,307 |
462.2 |
377.38 |
Khulna ... |
1,337,579 |
41,197 |
8,500 |
32,697 |
14,215 |
434.7 |
536.95 |
24-Parganas ... |
1,885,590 |
58,076 |
9,915 |
48,161 |
20,532 |
426.3 |
467.09 |
Hooghly ... |
938,615 |
28,909 |
5,877 |
23,032 |
7,545 |
371.0 |
311.31 |
Bankura ... |
1,081,464 |
33,309 |
7,343 |
25,966 |
9,370 |
360.8 |
358.04 |
Bogra ... ... |
970,366 |
29,887 |
6,804 |
23,083 |
8,223 |
356.1 |
316.40 |
Jessore ... ... |
1,737,066 |
53,501 |
7,872 |
45,629 |
16,054 |
351.8 |
389.40 |
Midnapur ... |
2,738,301 |
84,339 |
15,708 |
68,631 |
22,993 |
335.02 |
387.03 |
Chittagong Hill Tracts |
153,879 |
4,739 |
982 |
3,757 |
1,253 |
333.5 |
373.58 |
Howrah ... ... |
741,719 |
22,844 |
4,778 |
18,066 |
5,629 |
311.5 |
248.18 |
Noakhali ... |
1,295,081 |
39,888 |
7,766 |
32,122 |
9,479 |
295. |
307.93 |
Tippera ... ... |
2,372,434 |
73,071 |
9,891 |
63,180 |
15,074 |
238.5 |
306.34 |
Pabna ... ... |
1,384,535 |
42,643 |
7,724 |
34,919 |
8,749 |
159.3 |
293.67 |
Mymensingh ... |
4,404,353 |
135,654 |
23,972 |
111,682 |
16,666 |
149.2 |
175.48 |
Chittagong ... |
1,475,289 |
45,438 |
7,317 |
38,121 |
4,100 |
107.6 |
130.25 |
Rangpur ... |
2,368,901 |
72,962 |
18,700 |
54,262 |
5,708 |
105.2 |
210.86 |
Birbhum ... |
926,342 |
28,531 |
8,201 |
20,330 |
2,049 |
100.7 |
100.12 |
Faridpur ... |
2,089,710 |
64,363 |
14,860 |
49,503 |
4,557 |
92.05 |
211.64 |
Dacca ... ... |
2,823,975 |
86,978 |
16,518 |
70,460 |
6,320 |
89.7 |
124.50 |
Bakarganj ... |
2,380,293 |
73,313 |
17,404 |
55,909 |
3,691 |
66.02 |
80.49 |
Total of the Rural |
42,575,875 |
1,311,326 |
274,237 |
1,037,089 |
301,168 |
290.4 |
315.98 |
Calcutta ... |
896,067 |
27,598 |
5,634 |
21,964 |
6,999 |
318.6 |
1,613.63 |
Mufassal Munici- |
2,011,184 |
61,944 |
8,487 |
53,457 |
18,962 |
354.7 |
836.47 |
GRAND TOTAL ... |
45,483,126 |
1,400,868 |
288,358 |
1,112,510 |
327,129 |
294.04 |
347.89 |
In the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the registration of births and deaths is not carried out. The number of
deaths among infants has been calculated at the rate of infant mortality (207.4) obtaining in this Presi-
dency in 1920.