Annual report of the Mysore Department of Health.

Mysore (India : State). Department of Health

Date:: [1954]

Credit: Annual report of the Mysore Department of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Statement showing the activities of the mid wives. Average per midwife for the year SI. No. Number of Year midwives working Number of pre-natals on the roll Number of pre-natal visits Number of deliveries conducted Number of post-natal visits 1 1954 68 148 832 51 193 2 1953 55 180 860 53 236 Activities of the Public Health Nurse.—A Public Health Nurse was posted to Mudigere Secoudary Centre during July 1952. During the year she visited 3,751 houses. She paid 1,010 pre-natal visits, 97 post-natal visits, 1,386 infant visits and 2,019 pre-school visits. She has attended 11 maternity and child welfare clinics. In addition, she supervised and checked the work of the nrdwives in her area (vide Part D Statement—Annexure). School Health Service.—There are 599 Primary, 57 Middle, 42 New Type Middle and 13 High Schools in Chickmagalur district. In the Health Unit area of the District, the School Health Services was organised on three main lines, v\z.y School Medical Inspection, environmental sanitation of Schools and Health Education in Schools. School Medical Inspection was limited only to the pupils of the Schools at the Headquarters of the Primary Health Units. The follow up of pupils after medical examination was unsatisfactory. The Executive Officials of the Department visited the schools during their itinerary as a routine to advise the teachers on environmental sanitation and to give Health talks to the pupils and teachers. Communicable Diseases and their Control. (Reference—Statement Part B. I & II). Prompt and energetic measures were taken to control the infection soon after the reports were received. The reporting of infection by Patels and co-operation of the public for preventive campaigns continued to be unsatis¬ factory in the Non-Health Unit area though public co-operation was improving. (i) Plague.— Rat deaths were reported from 9 villages of the Health Unit area and 5 villages of Non-health Unit area and a town during the year. The dead rats were dissected and examined for Plague infection. In 7 places, the dead rats proved positive for P. Pestis infection. There were no human attacks in any of the 15 places. Except for routine D.D.T. spraying for Malaria control, no cyano-fumigation, anti-plague inoculations or D.D.T. spraying were done in any of the villages. As a preventive measure, the entire Chickmagalur Town was got sprayed with Hexidole at the cost of the Municipality. P ,H.R. 9$

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