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Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine Epidemics Epidemics are Public Health emergencies.  Infectious diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality. The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine declared following diseases as notifiable diseases. Click Here to have details of Notifiable Diseases S.No Diseases S.No Diseases 1 Cerebrospinal fever 11 Typhoid/Enteric Fever 2 Chicenpox 12 Tuberculosis 3 Diptheria 13 Infectious Hepatitis 4 Leprosy 14 Epidemic influenza 5 Cholera 15 Whooping cough 6 Measles 16 Virus Encephalitis 7 Plague 17 Haemorragic fever 8 Rabies 18 Malaria 9 Scarlet fever 19 Tetanus 10 Smallpox 20 Poliomyelitis 21 AIDS Control for Communicable Diseases : The control of communicable diseases is one of the major programmes under the Primary Health Care services, especially for the disease occurring in epidemic forms.  Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases and suspected cholera are common among the water borne diseases.  Tamil Nadu is endemic for Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases with sporadic outbreak of cholera in most of the districts throughout the year, and in epidemic proportions during the rainy seasons and peak summer periods.  All the District Level officials and executive authorities of local bodies take necessary preventive measures including proper disposal of solid wastes and maintain sanitation and hygiene chlorinate all water sources and undertake fly control measures. The following are the details of cases and deaths due to the ADD/Cholera in Tamil Nadu. Year Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases Cholera Cases Deaths Fatal rate Cases Deaths Fatal rate 1997 78025 520 0.67 2261 2 0.09 1998 77677 368 0.47 1807 0 0.00 1999 74583 266 0.36 1807 1 0.06 2000 64130 195 0.30 1328 1 0.05 2001 59511 159 0.27 1110 1 0.09 2002 69889 199 0.28 1591 3 0.19 2003 58784 66 0.11 390 1 0.26 2004 77333 119 0.15 1500 2 0.13 2005 70465 65 0.09 777 1 0.13 2006 52555 22 0.04 152 1 0.66 Jan'07-Sep'07 37556 19 0.05     212       0    0.00 Jan'08-Feb'08 8691 19 0.2     203      0    0.00 Up to May 2008 23717 31 0.13    307      0    0.0 The National Institute of Communicable Diseases, a premier Institution of the Director General of Health Services, Government of India, provide necessary technical support to the State and districts (Dharmapuri and Madurai) in the area of Man Power Training, Communication equipment's facilities and setting up of Laboratory services. NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN  TAMILNADU The objective of the programme is capacity building at District, Regional and State levels for disease surveillance and appropriate response to early warning signals of outbreaks of communicable diseases. The programme will be implemented by the state health authorities through the existing health infrastructure and surveillance system strengthened through training of the medical and paramedical personnel, upgradation of laboratories, communication and data processing systems. National Surveillance Programme For Communicable Diseases has been launched in two  Revenue districts,   Dharmapuri and Madurai during 1998-1999 in Tamil Nadu as per the guidelines of Government of India. The above   two districts have been selected by the Govt. of India based on the incidence of Dengue in Dharmapuri District and Leptospirosis in   Madurai District. As per the instructions of the NICD, Govt. of India, the following districts have been proposed under this programme for the years 2000-2001 and 2001-2002.   The total No. of Revenue  districts under this programme will be five   in Tamil Nadu.             1.   1998-99       1)  Dharmapuri,  2) Madurai   (already implemented)             2.   2000-01       1) Coimbatore    2) Salem             3.   2001-02       1)Villupuram Industrial Hygiene and Health The Water Analysis Laboratories established at Chennai and Coimbatore collect and examine water samples from various protected water sources to control pollution and contamination of drinking water.  These laboratories also assist the Tamil Nadu pollution control board in examining the samples of Industrial wastes and conduct field surveys to ensure the prevention and control of environmental and industrial pollution. Air pollution surveys are also carried out around the industries to asses air quality.  Efforts are also taken for abatement of nuisance and classifying the industrial and residential areas. Prevention of Food Adulteration Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules 1955 as amended from time to time are enforced in the State of Tamil Nadu. The Act aims at the abatement of adulteration in food articles of human consumption commonly used by the people so as to enable the people to have access to wholesome and unadulterated food. In the urban of the State, Municipal/Corporation Health Officers are functioning as Local Health Authorities and where there is no Health Officer the Commissioner act as Local Health Authority.  In the rural areas Medical Officers of the Primary Health Centres are functioning as Local Health Authority.  The Food Inspectors function under the control and guidelines for the purpose of enforcement.  Lifting of food samples have been fixed only for 481 local bodies including all Corporations, Municipalities and cantonments and certain Town Panchayats and Panchayat Unions. The food samples lifted under the Act are tested for adulteration in seven Food Analysis Laboratories in the State.  One is under the control of Chennai Corporation and the other 6 situated at 1.  Guindy 2.  Coimbatore 3.  Madurai 4.  Thanjavur 5.  Palayamkottai 6.  Salem are under the control of this Department. The Food Inspectors as per the guidelines of Local Health Authority and Public Analysts in the above Laboratories authorised for launching prosecution.  In the Court of law they pursue the cases with the assistance of APP & Legal Adviser at the Directorate, in Courts, if the food sample found to be adulterated and certified by the Govt./Public Analyst. The public who is in need of testing the food samples suspected to be adulterated may contact the nearby Food Analysis Laboratory. | Home | Malaria | Japanese Encephalitis | Filaria | Leprosy |  Notifiable Diseases | |  Epidemic G.O. |