Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.
- Madras (India). Health Department
- Date:
- [1951]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![as to get at the labouring classes. As a result of the energetic measures taken promptly, the disease was brought under control. The Government were kept informed of the day-to day situation of the incidence of cholera in the city. 3,32*030 persons were protected against cholera during the year. 13 persons were prosecuted for failure to notify cases of cholera and to get themselves inoculated. There was a mild out-break of cholera in the Government General Hospital from 31st August 1951 to 5-9-1951. There were 33 ca^es. The Government in their G. O. Ho 3139 dated 11th Septemper 1951 appointed a committee to investigate and report on this incidence. The Health Officer was nominated by the Government as one cf the members. On the basis of the recommendation of the Committe, Government in G. O. No. 135 dated 12-1-1952 issued instructions for avoiding its recurrence. Small-pox:—The total number of deaths from Small-pox was 449 in 1951 against 882 in 1950. All efforts were made to deal with the situation. The entire Health staff was mobilised to take preventive measures. Besides the permanent Health staff, special staff was also appointed to augment the permanent staff to push on vaccinations and to detect and isolate cases. 79 persons were prosecuted for failure to notify cases of Small-pox during the year. Measles:—2 deaths from Measles were registered during the year with a death-rate of 0-001 per mille of the estimated population. Dysentery and Diarrhoea :—The total number of deaths due to dysentery and diarrhoea was 5,695 against 4,335 in 1950. Malaria:—The number of deaths from Malaria in the city recorded during the year was 91 equivalent to a death-rate of 0-06 per thousand. This was less by ]1 deaths than last year’s mortality which numbered 102 with a death-rate of 0-10 per mille. Enteric or Typhoid Fever:—810 attacks and 214 deaths from Enteric fever were registered in the city during the year against 801 attacks and 187 deaths in the previous year. Typhoid was prevalent in the city in a sporadic form throughout the year. 22,450 inoculations against Typhoid were performed in the city. During the year, 109 cases were admitted into the city hospitals, clinics, nursing homes etc., for treatment from the adjoining district. Of these, 42 proved fatal. Other fevers:—Under this head are registered all deaths due to fevers •other than Malaria, Enteric fever and Tuberculosis. During the year, 3,504 deaths under this head were registered against 2,644 deaths in 1950. The death-rate calculated on the estimated population was 2*44 per mille against 2*61 in 1950. Tuberculosis:—898 deaths from Tuberculosis including Tubercle of lungs were recorded in the city during the year against 813 deaths in ths previous year. The Health staff inspected the houses of all cases notified by the various clinics in the city and gave necessary instructions to the contacts about its prevention and to get themselves examined and treated. Details of cases treated at the Corporation Tuberculosis Hospital and at the clinics are furnished separately. General Respiratory Diseases.- The total number of deaths from respi¬ ratory diseases in the city during the year was 9,933.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485005_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
