Introduction
The present annual report is the 4th
in the series and presents the vital statistics of the State of Sikkim for the
year 1995-1999 (year-wise tables). The Registration of Births & Deaths Act
1969 was extended to Sikkim in 1976 and full implementation was effected since
1979 after framing the State rules on Registration of Births & Deaths.
Registration of Births
& Deaths Office , Gangtok
Administrative set up of the registration machinery at various levels
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1. Chief Registrar |
Principal Director, Health Services. |
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2. Addl Chief Registrar |
Addl Director, Health |
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3. Assistant Chief
Registrar |
Assistant Director, Statistical cadre. |
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4. District Registrars |
Chief Medical Officers of Districts/J.D. (Dental) |
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5. Registrars |
M.O.I/C of P.H.Cs. |
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6. Supervisors (B&D) |
Supervisors of I.C.D.S. |
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7. Notifiers |
Anganwadi Workers of ICDS. |
A
busy day at Asst. Chief Registrar’s Office
Annual Reports on the working of the Registration of Births &
Deaths Act 1969.
1. Brief description since
the Act was implemented in Sikkim, in 1979
1979 to 1996 – Implementing Agency
Bureau of Eco. & Statistic,
Planning & Dev. Department.
1997 - Health & Family Welfare Department.
2. Brief Description of the Scheme
i)
i) Location:- Sikkim became the 22nd State of India in 1975. It is
located in the North Eastern part of the Country covering an area of 7096
sq.km. with a total population of 4,06,457 as per 1991 Census. By 1999 the
population estimated was 5,51,373 as per projected population by Census
Operation.
ii)
ii)Boundaries:-
Sikkim is surrounded by three international boundaries viz. Bhutan in the East,
Nepal in the West and Tibet (China) in the North with Neighboring State of West
Bengal in the South between 2807’48” North Latitude and 8800 ‘58”-8855’25” East
Longitude.
Physical Features:- Sikkim is a mountainous State and is blessed with sacred
mountain “Kanchanjunga” which can be seen from almost any part of Sikkim. The
two important rivers are Teesta and Rangit, fed by many important tributaries
like “Lachen, lachungcho” and flow down to the Bay of Bengal.
3. Publicity:-
A wide publicity were made to bring
awareness among the public by distributing pamphlets through the Registrars and
Notifiers. Efforts were also made through radio talks from AIR, Gangtok.
Similarly, the posters/ wall hangers received from the Registrar General
Office, were distributed among the general public as a part of the awareness
campaign. These awareness campaigns have had a great impact in the rural masses
to bring about improvement in the registration.
4. Flow
of monthly returns and its compilation:-
Till 1996 there was not much progress in
Registration of Births & Deaths as the implementing agency was Bureau of
Eco. & Statistics, under planning & Development Department. Since 1997
the scheme has been transferred to Health & Family Welfare Department and
direct supervision lies with Chief Registrar, who is also the Principal
Director of Health Services. All the District Registrars and Registrars PHCs
are directly under his supervision due to which scheme has improved, as there
was co-operation and Co-ordination from all the wings. Death reporting is still
lagging behind due to ignorance on the part of general public to report the
occurrence of events at appropriate time.
To enable the scheme to be more
successful, provision was also made to pay honorarium to Registrars and
notifiers (AWW), and this incentive has there-by put the scheme in a much
better shape. We are striving to achieve 100% success and every step is being
taken to achieve this goal.
5. Changes
in administrative Area: -
Till 1996 there were only 29
Registration Centres and by the end of 1996 two more centres were established
viz. Dikchu and Machong by way of up-grading the PHCs to PHC and one more
centre was opened in the year 1999 when the Central Referral Hospital, Tadong
in the capital town was established. At present there are total of 32 centres
in the State covering whole of State.
6. Progress
in the Medical Certification of cause of Death:-
As already stated above, the Death report
is yet to improve due to which the MCCD scheme is lagging behind. However we
have started sending returns to R.G. Office, since 1999.
7. Maintenance
of records:
The Births & Deaths Registers and maintained properly in all
the Registration Centres of the State.
Public
submitting Births & Deaths report at STNM Hospital
8. Training
Programme:-
During the period under review various
orientation training programme were organized and fresh training to field functionaries
are organized time to time bring awareness and as a result by 1999, 80%
coverage has been achieved.
9. Printing
of Forms:
Forms were printed sufficiently for
convenience of the general public and users.
10. General
Response:
There is gradual improvement in current registration over the
year.
11. Notifier
System:
All the supervisors of ICDS are
designated as the Supervisors of AWW have been appointed as notifier under the
scheme.
12. Delayed
Registration:-
Delayed Registration is done as per provision of the act. However
issue of Birth Certificate prior to implementation of the scheme has been
stopped.
13.Correction
and cancellation:
No correction on names & date of
birth is entertained. However few cases of corrections required by the School
authority to facilitate admission of children in the school is undertaken
within the preview of the act.
14. Committee
on vital statistics:-
The IDC meeting was held on 27/11/99 to
review the performance of Registration of Births & Deaths.
15. Prosecution
and compounding offences:-
No prosecution and compounding of
offences has been made during the year under review.
16. Inspection
of Registration Centre:-
All the registration centres are being
inspected by the central body from time to time.
Year-wise
issuance of certificate as under:-
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BIRTHS |
DEATHS |
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Year |
Within time
limit |
Within 30
days |
After 30
days but within 1 year |
After one
year |
Within time
limit |
Within 30
days |
After 30
days but within 1 year |
After one
year |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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1995 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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1996 |
3684 |
3733 |
1662 |
22220 |
452 |
292 |
121 |
69 |
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1997 |
5632 |
466 |
1634 |
18312 |
595 |
465 |
90 |
30 |
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1998 |
7507 |
417 |
1098 |
7318 |
1067 |
850 |
146 |
48 |
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1999 |
8052 |
8377 |
786 |
6949 |
1084 |
1103 |
71 |
77 |