Quarterly report of the Mysore Department of Health.

  • Mysore (India : State). Department of Health.
Date:
[1938]
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Credit: Quarterly report of the Mysore Department of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Mysore City. S. Sesbagiri Kao, b.sc., m.b.b.s., d.p.h., Health Officer. During the quarter 1,461 live births, exclusive of 51 still-births, were reported giving a birth-rate of 47 0 per 1,000 of population. The total number of deaths reported was 880, with a death-rate of 28*3 per mille of population. Of these deaths 181 were of infants under one year of age, the infant mortality rate being 123*9 per 1,000 live births. In the quarter under report 15 maternal deaths were reported giving a maternal mortality of 9*9 per 1,000 births. Plague accounted for 33 attacks and 29 deaths during the quarter. Of these three attacks with three deaths were non-indigenous cases. A total of 2,947 anti-plague inoculations were done. As an anti-rat measure, rat- traps were distributed to 3,395 houses and 3,134 rats were destroyed. The city was free from small-pox and cholera. A total of 1,947 vaccinations and nine anti-cholera inocula¬ tions were performed. Five cases of influenza were reported during the quarter. Under typhoid 23 fatal cases were reported and 108 anti-typhoid inoculations were done. Stray dogs destroved during the quarter numbered 554. During the quarter 158 houses were disinfected and 125 wells were chlorinated. During the quarter 58 visits were paid to hotels, 166 to coffee clubs, 38 to aerated water factories, 39 to bakeries and 130 to mutton stalls. Decomposed fruits and vege¬ tables of about 29 basketsful were destroyed in different parts of the city, with a view to improve their condition in conformity with the Municipal Act. One thousand four hundred and forty-eight notices were issued under sections of the Municipal Act, of which 905 were complied with the terms of notices.