The Gazetteers Department

The diseases noted to have been common in the district are malaria, leprosy alongwith cholera, small-pox, diarrhoea and other fevers and respiratory diseases. Tuberculosis is also fairly wide spread in the district.

Malaria as an endemic disease is prevalent in Amravati district as also in parts of the country. Due to heavy rains and existence of conditions which help breeding of mosquitos, Chikhaldara and Melghat regions of the district are badly infested with malaria. In 1960-61, 12,560 cases of malaria were treated in the rural dispensaries of the district as against the figure of 28,177 in 1953-54.

Leprosy is also prevalent in the district. The leprosy treatment units treat nearly 15,000 indoor and out-door patients every year.

The following table shows deaths due to different diseases in Amravati district during 1951 -1960.

Deaths due to different diseases in Amravati district.[Table taken from Socio-Economic Review, Amravati district, 1960-61.]

Year	Cholera	Smallpox	Fevers	Diarrhoea	Respiratory diseases	Other	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
1951	--	110	736	24	86	1,496	2,452
1952	--	--	501	226	61	1,276	2,064
1953	29	9	706	241	40	1,109	2,134
1954	1	--	377	124	58	927	1,487
1955	--	29	652	134	72	1,051	1,938
1956	13	109	999	468	265	1,561	3,415
1957	52	80	1,332	599	345	2,036	4,444
1958	179	40	2,170	849	555	2,388	6,181
1959	--	19	2,453	658	446	2,824	6,400
1960	--	37	2,407	564	510	3,271	6,789

The following table gives the number of deaths due to different causes in Amravati district in the year 1957: -

Cause	Deaths	Cause	Deaths
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Cholera	9	Injuries	150
Small-pox	89	Suicide	1
Fevers	3,239	Wounds or Accidents	140
Dysentery and Diarrhoea	1,264	Snake bite	7
Dysentery and Diarrhoea	1,264	Rabies	2
Respiratory Diseases	1,374	All other causes	4,676

During 1957, Amravati alongwith other districts of the State was more or less affected by Influenza. Though the disease was wide spread, the epidemic was mild and not virulent.

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