Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

  • United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1941]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There was a slight decrease in deaths under “ fevers during'1941 as compared to the previous year, the recorded figures being 802,931 against 813,622. The respective death rates were 14*5 and 16*8 and the quin¬ quennial rate was 17*5. The mortality in urban areas wag 10*3 and in rural areas 15*2. (a) Malaria—'There were 707,458 deaths recorded from this cause during 1941 as compared to 717,319 during the previous year, the mortal¬ ity rates being, respectively, 12*8 and 14°8. 679,595 deaths with a death rate of 14*00 were reported from rural areas and 27,861 with a death rate of 4*10 from urban areas. Further details concerning malaria control schemes are given in Chapter VII, (b) Relapsing fever— The number of deaths reported under this head during 1941 was 154 against 51 registered in the preceding year,£ Sixty- seven deaths were reported from urban and 87 from rural areas. (g) Enteric, fever—There were 8,436 deaths with a death rate of 0*15 reported from enteric fever during 1941, as against 6,615 and 0*14 during the previous year. The urban and rural areas contributed 4,275 and 4,161 deaths, with death rates of 0*6 and 0*1 respectively. (cO Kala azar—This was responsible for 122 deaths (21 in urban and 101 in rural areas) against 83 during 1940. The incidence of the disease being higher in the Benares and Gorakhpur divisions, arrange¬ ments for the treatment of these cases were continued in the following five specially equipped centres: (1) King Edward VII Hospital in the Benares municipality. (2) Ohandauli in the Benares district. (3) Gorakhpur (4) Deoria (5) Maharajganj (e) Influenza—The number of deaths reported from influenza during the year under report was 391 (116 from the urban areas and 275 from the rural areas) as against 244 in the previous year. (/) Cerebrospinal Meningitis—During 1941, deaths from this disease numbered 70 (44 from towns and 28 from rural areas) against 76 in the preceding year. In view of the skilful treatment and careful nursing which is required for the treatment of these cases special arrange¬ ments have been made for treatment of these cases in civil hospitals and selected outlying dispensaries. 5. Respiratory diseases—The deaths and death-rate from these causes were;41,523 and 0‘7 distributed quarterly as below as compared to previous year’s figures of 40 ,293 and 0 8 I quarter II quarter III quarter IV quarter 10,214 12,201 8,656 10,452 The highest mortality was recorded in April and the lowest in Septem¬ ber, The mortality under this head in urban and rural areas was 34.143 and 7,380 respectively. | in the Gorakhpur district.