Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

  • Assam
Date:
[1945]
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Credit: Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The epidemic of 1944 was carried into the early part of the year and subsided gradually. There were 3,838 deaths from Small-pox during the year as compared to 11,728 during 1944 and 1,692 during 1943. Epidemiologicaliy it was not a satisfactory year. Sibsagar district recorded an unusually high incidence of Small-pox, with a death-rate of ‘71 per mille. The urban and rural death-rates due to Sma^-pox were *25 and ’38 respectively during 1945 as compared to 1'43 and 1T8 during 1944. A graph showing the average seasonal incidence of Small-pox and the actual seasonal incidence during 1945 is given below:— * DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX IN ASSAM DURING 1945 AND THE TRI-MEDIAN OF THE SAME DURING 1938*44 I (— < UJ a 400 200 T\ i * T t * ] K j t \ 600 / \ A \ / % S / i \ i ' \ \ \ / \ \ \ \ \ ' >\ ' y \» N ■ t t I t -1-1 1—I-_l—__i _L_-1-1 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jut Aug Spt Oct Nov Dec TRI - MEDIANT 1938-44 - • —- • - ACTUALS OF 1945 •-• - March to June is the period of highest incidence.
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