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 180 RAE The following memorandum bas been furnished by the civil surgeon :- MEDICAL ASPECTS. Statistics of births were only taken in 1868 and 1869, and yielded insuffi- cient averages. The birth-rate per thousand of population for the former period was only 28-01, and for the latter period 29:20. Statistics of deaths have been obtained through the agency of village chaukidars since 1868. The mortality of the last six years is exhibited in the following table - Year. Population. Mortality from all canses. Rate per thousand of population, 1868 7,88,246 12,346 15'17 1869 7,82,874 35.65 27,914 22,862 187 29.20 7,82,874 9,89,008 1871 22,263 22:51 1872 1861 9,89,008 9,89,008 19,406 37,815 5873 18.01 Endemic diseases.—The endemic diseases of the district are cholera, small-pox, and malarial fevers. Cholera.—The following table gives the annual mortality from cholera of the last six years > Year. Number of deaths from cholera, Rate per thousand of population. 1868 168 21 1869 4,779 6.10 1870 619 0-79 1871 2,677 2-60 1872 2 61 2,588 1,927 1873 1.94 Cholera in sporadic or epidemic form has only been absent from parts of the Rae Bareli district for short periods since 1868. Seasons of sum- mer heat have been marked by increased prevalence of the disease. Every quarter of the district has within the last three years been visited by the malady in epidemic form. After commencing and remaining (from two to five weeks) in one or two villages, the disease has usually spread by