Annual public health report of the Province of Orissa.

  • Orissa (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1946]
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Credit: Annual public health report of the Province of Orissa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. The incidence of chief diseases—The following statement shows comparative figures of deaths with rates per mille of population from various chief disesaes during the year under report and the previous year : • • f . % ^ C] ■ . : Diseases ' V , ‘ - ' G1- - r 1946 1947 Deaths . . 1 ■ ‘ ■* • ■ Death rate Deaths Death rate \ - — Fever' .. • * 101,720 12-94 124,501 15-73 * Cholera .. • • • • 7,209 0-92 4,772 0-60 Smallpox 6,060 0-79 1,689 0-21 Dysentery and Diarrhoea .. 14,157 1-80 17,449 2-20 Respiratory Diseases 4,731 0-60 4,726 0-60 Injuries 2,565 0-33 2,086 0-26 Other causes 50,906 6-47 57,939 I 7-32 Cholera—The Province recorded a considerable reduction in the incidence of cholera during the year under report. The total number of deaths from the disease was 4,772 against 7,209 during 1946. Thus the death rate from the disease was 0-60 per mille of population against 0-92 during 1946 and 1-36 during 1945. The highest incidence of the disease was recorded in the district of Balasore, the total number of deaths being 1,538 and the death rate 1-46. The lowest incidence was recorded in Ganjam plains with a total number of 24 deaths and a death rate of 0-02 per mille of population. The districts of Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur recorded 1922, 1209 and 78 deaths during the year with death rates of 0-84, 1-10 and 0-05 respectively. There was only one death in Angul subdivision. Khondmals subdivision, Ganjam Agency and Koraput district were reported free from the disease. Cuttack district—The incidence of cholera which started during September 1946 was brought under control by the end of January 1947. Stray cases were reported till the end of June and then the disease persisted in an epidemic form till the end of the year. Puri district—The disease began with 3 deaths in the month of January. Sporadic cases wTere reported till the end of June. It took an epidemic proportion during July which was the month of Car festivals attract- ting a large number of pilgrims from all parts of India. The epidemic was brought under control very soon by introducing sanitary and prophylactic measures more rigidly. Stray cases were reported during ^ the remaining months of the year under report. Balasore district—Stray cases of cholera were reported till the end of April, then it began to spread in a very mild form till the end of September and was subsequently controlled in October. Again it appeared and persisted in a mild form till the end of the year. Sambalpur district—Stray cases were reported throughout the year under report. Ganjam plains—Only 24 deaths in all were reported during the year, 18 in July and 6 in September. The other parts of the Province viz., Angul and Khondmal subdivisions, Ganjam Agency and Koraput districts were almost free from cholera during the year under report. Amongst the towns, Balasore recorded 15 deaths or 0-73 per mille of population against 2 deaths or 0-98 per mille in the previous year. Sambalpur and Jajpur recorded 9 and 3 deaths or 0‘49 and 0’17 per mille respectively against 12 and 9 deaths or 0'66 0-78 respectively in the previous year. Cuttack, Kendrapara, Puri, Berhampur and Parlakhimedi were free from cholera during the year under report. The urban areas suffered less from the disease than the rural areas, the urban rate being 0-14 against the rural rate of 0-62 per mille of population. This perhaps indicates the urban water-supply to be more satisfactory than the rural supply. The following table show's the monthly distribution of cholera in the Province during the year under report: , Month Deaths from cholera January .. February March April May June July . t August .. September October .. November December 81 110 167 307 354 957 767 535 269 471 621 Total • • 4,778