Report on the state of health in Mumbai, July 2013

[Ronan Kelly]

Report on The STATE of HEALTH of MUMBAI July 2013

http://www.praja.org/whitepaper.php

exerpts;

Malaria
Year - 2008-9 // 2009-10 // 2010-11 // 2011-12 // 2012-13 //
Cases - 23,372 // 39,898 // 78,449 // 39,828 // 21,939 //
Fatalities- 353 // 669 // 1,222 // 385 // 230 //

Dengue
Year - 2008-9 // 2009-10 // 2010-11 // 2011-12 // 2012-13 //
Cases - 682 // 866 // 1,404 // 1,879 // 4867 //
Fatalities- 24 // 64 // 79 // 52 // 74 //

Tuberculosis
Year - 2008-9 // 2009-10 // 2010-11 // 2011-12 // 2012-13 //
Cases - 32,574 // 31,111 // 35,521 // 30,675 // 36,417 //
Fatalities- 8,196 // 8,205 // 9,168 // 7,041 // 6,921 //

Cholera
Year - 2008-9 // 2009-10 // 2010-11 // 2011-12 // 2012-13 //
Cases - 96 // 124 // 236 // 178 // 198 //
Fatalities- 13 // 2 // 3 // 3 // 9 //

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Report on the state of health in Mumbai, July 2013

Contaminated water at 77% Mumbai homes: survey
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Mumbai, August 20, 2013
First Published: 08:44 IST(20/8/2013) | Last Updated: 08:49 IST(20/8/2013)

More than 77% households in the city are vulnerable to deadly diseases due to contaminated water supply, claims a survey carried out by Eureka Forbes along with GFK, a research institute.

Their water audit report for 2013 revealed that levels of Total Dissolved Solids ( TDS), Hardness, Chlorides, Nitrates, etc. which are responsible for water contamination have exceeded more than the permissible limits in certain parts of Mumbai.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/India...-77-Mumbai-homes-survey/Article1-1110195.aspx

Tap water used for drinking in 13% of homes in Mumbai: Study
TNN | Aug 20, 2013, 03.56 AM IST

MUMBAI: Three out of four residents of the city worry about the quality of drinking water, says a new survey released on Monday.

This is not surprising considering the BMC found that one out of every seven samples of drinking water in July was contaminated with E-coli bacterium. E-coli is responsible for stomach ailments such as severe diarrhoea.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...omes-in-Mumbai-Study/articleshow/21926619.cms