264 SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
was raging in the country in that year, and that the deaths 
from that unaccountable and dreadful malady in two turruffs 
amounted to nearly 5 per cent., and in one turruff to 6 per 
cent. of the whole population. It is to be presumed, there- 
fore, in the absence of cholera, the births would exceed the 
deaths, as was in fact the case in some of the Mawuls, or 
hilly tracts, where it was known the cholera did not penetrate. 
In deaths the Moosulmans were the greatest average sufferers, 
(1 in 20°15) and the low casts were the least sufferers, (1 in 
42°94). 
As Dr. Walker found that the cholera in the city of Ahmed- 
nuggur increased the usual deaths 0°66 per cent., the loss 
being 2°48, whilé the cholera raged, and only 1°52 per cent. 
when the scourge ceased, it is but fair to infer that such would 
have been the case in the country at large ; and this element, 
applied to the mortality in the Poonah Collectorate, would 
reduce the annual loss to 2°01 per cent., or one death in 
50 persons, which would indicate a greater degree of healthi- 
ness than all France, all Belgium, or the town of Glasgow, 
the loss in all these places being 1 in 39 and a fraction. 
Marriages.—The average number of marriages in the 
Poona Collectorate is proportionably more than in England 
and France, being | in 125°87 souls; the proportion in En- 
gland being 1 in 128, and in France 1 in 130°4 inhabitants. 
The range in the different turruffs is from 1 in 40°11 to 1 in 
493-77 ; but in 14 turruffs the average is considerably under 
that for England. The Shoodruhs (Mahrattas proper) and 
Moosulmans are almost identical, in their proportional number 
of marriages, namely, 1 in 116-21 and 1 in 116°86, and they 
have the greatest number of marriages; the low casts have 
the fewest marriages. The births in 1826 being only 4954 
and the marriages 1998, the average of children to a marriage 
was 2°48 or not quite 21. In France the average is 3°72 
children to a marriage; in England and Wales 3°55. In 
Java the births were 1 in 39, deaths 1 in 40 persons. 
The constituents of the population in the different collect- 
orates were 
Constituents of the Population. 
Shoodruhs, &c./Atee Shood- 
Brahmans. Rajpoots, |Mahratta Cul-| ruhs, or low | Moosulmans, 
tivators, &c. casts. 
Per Cent.| P@r Cent.| Per Cent. | Per Cent. | Per Cent. 
POOUA, sc a-0te05 11°58 0-41 73°85 | 9°78 4:38 
_—_——_ | OY | 
Dharwar ...... 4°48 0:60 74°53 11°895 8495 
