§ 31. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any statistics and can state the infantile death-rate per 1,000, for the years 1929 and 1930, for the cities of Bombay and Madras; and has he any particulars that will show the number of these deaths that were registered attributable to smallpox?
§ Mr. BENNIt is regretted that figures for 1930 are not available. I will circulate a statement giving information for 1929 and a table showing the annual infantile death-rates from 1921.
§ Following is the statement:
§ Bombay City.
§ The infantile death-rate was 300.66 per 1,000 registered births. Of the deaths of infants about 3.3 per cent. were registered as due to smallpox.
21§ Madras City.
§ The infantile death-rate was 259.2 per 1,000 registered births. 503 deaths from smallpox (about 8.4 per cent. of the total deaths) were registered for 1929 but details as to how many were those of infants are not available. The epidemic was the severest since 1905 with the exception of 1924.
§ NOTE.—Infant for the present purpose means a child under one year old.
| TABLE OF INFANTILE DEATH-RATES. | ||||
| Bombay City. | ||||
| Year. | … | … | … | Ratio per 1,000 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | 300.66 |
| 1928 | … | … | … | 314.40 |
| 1927 | … | … | … | 319.12 |
| 1926 | … | … | … | 393.79 |
| 1925 | … | … | … | 359.05 |
| 1924 | … | … | … | 423.17 |
| 1923 | … | … | … | 413.91 |
| 1922 | … | … | … | 405.16 |
| 1921 | … | … | … | 672.12 |