Maternal
Mortality Rate
Nos. of
Deaths
Rate per
000
Births
|
14
1
31,098
31,783
ΙΟΥ
7
0.22
6%
1.23
42.473
43.821
1.55
0.07
71
201
47.475
48.726
55
1.33
0.14
72
1.47
36. Table 7 shows the maternal mortality for 1946-1948 with rates per thousand live and stillbirtba.
HAS
Total Live
Year
Live
Births
Births
& Still
Births
TABLE 7
Pregnancy & Child-
bearing (Nos. 142-150 of
International List)
Nos. of
Deaths
900'T
Ind Mex
Births
Abortion (Nos. 140-141
of International List)
Nos. of
Deaths
Rate per 1.000
Births
F. Principal Causas of Death.
37. Table 8 shows the principal causes of death during
the years 1946, 1947 and 1948.
15
TABLE &
Number of Deaths
Causes of death (classifled by
1938 Revision of
International List}
1946
1947
1948
- je
Smallpox Cerebrospinal fever
Beri-Beri Diphtheria
1.306
120
2
BS
137
19
1,318
312
140
1972
49
Malaria
+85
253
193
Tuberculosis of respiratory
system
LATS
1.4.20
1.443
Other forms of tuberculosis Syphilitic diseases
343
443
$18
42
93
85
Inluenza
243
35
25
Cancer, malignant disease
277
304
397
Intracranial lesions of vascular
origin
189
204
275
Other disease: of nervous system
and sense organs
132
180
45
Diseases of the beart
379
514
572
Other diseases of circulatory
system
44
29
$7
Bronchitis
Pneumonia (all forms)
system
130
$29
419
4.129
3.464
3.157
Other diseases of respiratory
137
139
125
Enteritis and diarrhoes
1,235
1.179
1.757
Other diseases of digestive system Non-venereal diseases of genito-
337
361
318
urinary system
220
341
350
Premature births, congenital mal-
forrnations and diseases of
early infancy
982
1.289
1.214
Other defined diseaser
788
445
517
Old age, senility
142
101
113
Violence (accidents, suicide.
homicide, etc.)
83)
686
781
Ill-defined causes
189
522
203
TOTAL
18.633
13.231
13.434
38. Annexure E shows the number of cases of notifiable diseases with the deaths at all ages for the years 1946, 1947 and 1948, also the age groups of diseases notified for 1948 and the notifications, deaths and deaths per 100 notifications for cerebro spinal meningitis, cholera, diphtheria, enteric fever and smallpox since 1928.