Public Health Laboratory, Pune is the pioneer Institute in the State for the development of Laboratory services. It came into existence as “Sanitary Board Laboratory” in 1912. The Laboratory works for statutory control of Water and Waste Water & Food examination bacteriological as well as chemical.
WHO recognized the Laboratory at Pune as District Referral Laboratory in 1960. In 1971 it was declared by WHO as Regional Referral Laboratory for receiving UNICEF Aid. In 1973 the laboratory was elevated to the status of State Public Health Laboratory. In 1975 Food and Agricultural Organization recognized the laboratory for monitoring metallic contaminants in food commodities. The State Public Health Laboratory, Pune, Regional Public Health Laboratory Nagpur & Aurangabad have been notified by Government as Water & Waste Water characterization laboratories under the Maharashtra Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974 from May 1976 & Public Analysts were declared as Government Analysts from 1977.
For proper coordination and rationalization of working of the laboratories under Urban Development and Public Health Department an expert committee was appointed in July 1974 and October 1975. As per the recommendations of this committee laboratory of the water pollution Board, Maharashtra prevention of Water Pollution Investigation Center Laboratory, Public Health Engineering Laboratories and Food and Drug Administration were transferred to the Directorate of Health Services. These laboratories were merged with Health Services to form 11 Public Health Laboratories. The places of these laboratories are as follows:
- Pune
- Aurangabad
- Nagpur
- Amravati
- Kolhapur
- Solapur
- Jalgaon
- Sangli
- Nasik
- Nanded
- Kokan Bhavan (Washi) Navi Mumbai
Water and sanitation decade was observed from 1980 to 1990. During this period from 1985 to 1989 remaining 19 District Public Health Laboratories were created at the remaining districts for water quality monitoring.
Government of India has recognized State Public Health Laboratory, Pune as the Central Food Laboratory for the examination of Appellate food samples from Madhya Pradesh, Div, Daman and Dadra–Nagar Haveli 1978. The State of Karnataka and Union Territories of Delhi Corporation were added to Central Food Laboratory, Pune in 1980.
At present there are 30 Public Health Laboratories in the state. Laboratory at Pune functions as State Public Health Laboratory. Laboratories at Aurangabad and Nagpur are Regional level laboratories. And remaining 27 Public Health Laboratories are District Public Health Laboratories mainly engaged in chemical and bacteriological quality monitoring of drinking water.
Central Food Laboratory, Pune – 411001
In year 1976 Government of India had decided to have one Central Food Laboratory for each zone. Hence in addition to Central Food Laboratory, Calcutta, three more Central Food Laboratories at Ghaziabad, Mysore and Pune were created. The State Public Health Laboratory, Pune had been notified as Central Food Laboratory. This Laboratory is functioning since 1st April 1978 and it is performing various statutory functions as per PFA act 1954 and Rules 1955 as follows.
- To examine statutory appellate Food Samples received from various Courts of various States as per the jurisdiction and Port Health Authorities.
- To create data for fixing Standards for various Food commodities under the provisions of PFA Act and Rules.
- To participate in various collaborative projects pertaining to Food commodities sponsored by ICMR, New Delhi, CSIR, New Delhi, and WHO etc.
- To participate in various Sub–committee Meetings of Central Committee for Food Standards (CCFS).
Objectives of Public Health Labs
To monitor the Quality of Water and Food by analyzing the samples of these articles and to submit the reports to the concerned authorities. The monitoring is carried out as per the guidelines under the following mentioned Acts and Rules thereafter.
- Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974.
- Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and Rules 1955.
Strategy
- Water Quality Monitoring, bacteriological as well as chemical, at each district level from rural as well as urban area through the application of Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974.
- Food Quality Monitoring trough the application of Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act 1954 and Rules 1955.
- Quality Monitoring of various chemical disinfectants used for treatment of water and maintaining of quality of water.
- Water Quality Control and Surveillance.
- Analysis of samples like Stool, Blood, Vomit etc. to determine/confirm bacterial organism causing water-borne diseases and food poisoning cases.
- Active participation in the control of epidemic due to water borne disease under Rapid Response Team/IDSP.
- To protect the interest of common people by using a tool of quality monitoring, whether they are provided pure and clean drinking water and wholesome food to the implementation of respective Statutory provisions.
- The common people can also avail the facility of testing water, food articles by paying nominal fees.
- To create awareness regarding drinking water quality and wholesome food through the organization of exhibition for common people.
Special Features of Programme
- Apart from the routine functions of Water and Food Quality monitoring, the Public Health Laboratories–especially State and Regional–are engaged in various Research Projects pertaining to the Food/Water sponsored by Different Organizations such as CSIR/ICMR/WHO/FAO etc.
- SPHL has been identified as a State Referral Center for Bacterial Culture.
- SPHL has also been identified as the State Referral Institute for Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Program of WSSD in the State.
State Public Health Laboratory Pune
- Proforma “A” FDA: Monthly Laboratory Report of food sample Testing (March 2008)
- Proforma “B” Local Bodies: Monthly Laboratory Report of food sample Testing (March 2008)
- Proforma “C”: Samples Received from FDA Found Adulterated During 01/03/2008 to 31/03/2008
- Proforma “D”: Samples Received from Local Bodies Found Adulterated During 01/03/2008 to 31/03/2008
Activities of Public Health Labs
Activities of Public Health Laboratories are divided in three main sections:
- Food Sections
- Water Section (Chemical Analysis)
- Bacteriology Section
Following are the functions carried out by food section of the 11 food testing public health laboratories in the state.
- Analysis of various kinds of food samples under the provisions of Prevention of Food Adultration Act, 1954 and Rules 1955, as per their Analysis of food samples collected in connection with food poisoning incidences for chemical toxicants like heavy metals, alkaloids, pesticide residues, cannabis constituents etc.
- To give thorough knowledge – technical as well as practical – about food analysis and food adulteration to visitors like Medical Officers Local Self Govt. people, College Students, Nursing Students, Medical Students from Govt. Medical College and Private Medical College, AFMC, School children etc. Analysis of food samples collected by the food Inspectors of Food and Drug Administration of the State at the time of VIP/VVIP visits.
- Analysis of Iodized salt samples under the National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme.
- Analysis of Urine samples of the patients collected by Primary Health Centers at the village level to locate the deficiency of iodine under the above–mentioned program. In near future, all District Public Health Laboratories will be strengthened to carry out the analysis of urine samples.
- Analysis of food samples, also from private organization/individual person etc. is carried out – as per desired/required parameters and fees are charged Samples received from private bodies is carried out by respective food standards specified in Appendix B of Rule 5 of the P.F.A. Rules 1955. The food articles having no specific standards under Appendix B are analyzed as per the general PFA Rules applicable to them.
- Analysis of various kinds of food samples received from Government bodies like Civil Supply, Govt. Hospitals, Social Welfare Dept., Tribal Welfare Dept., Police Dept. etc.
- To organize exhibitions related with “Food Adultration” as and when required.
- To organize Training Programs regarding Food Analysis, Methods in food analysis, Modification in methodology etc. to the technical staff engaged in food analysis at various Public Health Labs., and also to the Consumer Organization, NGO’s etc.
Since long period, food adulteration is well known aspect, The Central Govt. has passed the PFA Act in 1954. Earlier the PFA Act was enforced within Municipal Corporation and Council Areas only. Accordingly PFA Rules were framed in the year 1955 to carry out the provisions of this Act. To bring the rural areas within the purview of implementation of this Act, in 1970 the implementation was handed over to independent department – Food and Drugs Administration of Maharashtra State. The Commissioner – an IAS Officer – of the FDA is notified as the “Food (Health) Authority” for the entire State of Maharashtra. Apart from Food and Drug Administration, Municipal Corporations, Councils and Cantonment Boards in their respective areas also implement the Act.
The Aim and Objects of the PFA Act
- To prevent Food Adultration.
- To protect Consumer’s Interest.
- Food Inspectors of FDA, Municipal Corporations, Councils and Cantonments, Railways.
- Local (Health) Authority of FDA, Municipal Corporations, Councils and Cantonments, Railways.
- Public Analyst.
- Licensing Authorities.
- Consenting Authority.
- Consumer Councils
- Courts of Law
Following are the functions carried out in the Water Section of Public Health Labs. In the State under Water quality monitoring.
- Chemical Analysis of water to ascertain its potability by performing various chemical parameters as per BIS specifications IS 10500: 1991.
- Chemical analysis of Effluents, Trade waste, Domestic effluents as per the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974.
- Analysis of water samples collected in connection with Food Poisoning incidents for chemical toxicants including pesticide residue, metals etc.
- Chemical analysis of water disinfectants like Bleaching Powder (IS 1065:1989), Liquid Chlorine (IS 11673:1992), Chlorine tablets etc. as per BIS Specifications mentioned.
- Chemical Analysis of Alum (Solid/Liquid){IS 299:1989}, Poly Aluminium Chloride (IS 15573:2005) as per BIS specifications mentioned.
- Dose determination of chemical disinfectants mentioned above.
- Analysis of water for construction purposes (IS 456:1978), Swimming pool (IS 3328:1993) as per BIS specifications mentioned.
- Examination of various Kits made available in the market for the determination of various chemical constituents of water for assessing their quality, usefulness, durability and economic feasibility.
- To give thorough Knowledge – theoretical as well as practical – about water analysis – water potability, water pollution, dose determination etc. to the visitors like Medical students, Medical Officers Local Self Govt. people, College Students, Nursing Students, School children etc.
- To organize training programs regarding water analysis, methods in water analysis, modification in methodology etc. to the technical staff related to the water analysis, consumer organizations and NGO’s etc.
- Collect the water sample in a plastic container.
- Ideally a new container should be used, but if it is unavailable, wash the used containers with detergent, carefully rinse thoroughly with water.
- Sample should be representative of the supply.
- Avoid surface scum.
- Before filling, rinse sample container two or three times with the water being collected. Collect at least 2.5 liters sample.
- Sample shall not be exposed to atmosphere for longer time than necessary and sampling shall be done as rapidly and thoroughly as possible.
- Sampling instrument should be clean and dry when used.
- To draw, a representative sample content of each container selected for sampling shall be mixed as thoroughly as possible by rolling, shaking or stirring by suitable means.
- Sample shall be placed in clean, dry and airtight glass or polythene bag on which the material has no action.
- Sample containers shall be of such a size that they are nearly filled by sample.
- Each sample container so filled shall be sealed airtight after filling and marked with the full details of sampling, the date of sampling, the month and year of manufacture of material and its grade.
- Precautions shall be taken to protect the sample, the material being sampled the sampling instrument and containers of the sample from adventitious contamination.
- Care should be taken to avoid direct contact of bleaching powder with skin. Face should be kept at a safe distance from the container when it is opened.
- Instruction for the storage of bleaching powder. Bleaching Powder must be stored in a cool and dry place and away from Sunlight.
- Implementation of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974.
- An Act provides for the prevention and control of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water.
- Central/State Board – To exercise the powers conferred on and perform the functions assigned – e.g. to collect the samples of Water/Waste water/Effluents/Trade waste etc. for the purpose of chemical analysis.
- Government Analyst – An Officer appointed by the concerned State Board for analysis of sample is responsible for the analysis and submission of report in a prescribed form in triplicate to the State Board.
- Appellate Authorities – It is constituted by the State Govt. for deciding the reasonability of the conditions imposed or the variation of any conditions imposed by the State Board.
- Court of Law – To restrain the person/company who is likely to cause pollution by reason of disposal of any matter in any stream or well, which is likely to be polluted.
Bacteriological Examination
- Bacteriological examination of water samples for potability.
- Stool/Rectal Swabs/Vomit Samples Examination For Bacterio – logical Culture–For Cholera And Other Agents Of Diarrhoea, Dysentry, Gastroenteritis.
- Blood Samples For Enteric Fever Cultures & Food Poisoning Agents.
- Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of isolated bacterial cultures.
- Microbiological – Samples received under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954.
- Suspected/leftover food, water and related samples to detect causative agent in food poisoning outbreak investigation.
- Food served to VIP and VVIP is tested for bacteriological examination.
- In service training to the technical staff.
- Interstate training to the technical staff.
- International training to the WHO fellows.
- Training to the Med. DPH candidates.
- Interstate training for members of consumer forum.
- Health education through demonstration and exhibition.
- To medical students.
- To Local Self Govt. people
- To collage students, catering diploma students.
- To Nursing staff.
- To sanitary & food inspectors.
- To the public
For effective bacteriological examination of water it is important that the water sampling should fulfill the following requirements.
- Sampling should be properly planned.
- Sampling points should be representative of water source.
- Sampling points should be located in proportion to population served.
- Samples should be collected, stored, dispatched in suitable sterilized glass bottles with properly fitting stoppers or caps.
- At least 250 ml of sample should be collected.
- Send the samples to the nearest district Public Health Laboratory at least within 24 hrs from the time of collection.
- Samples should be sent in a cold chain.
The shorter the time that elapses between collection of sample and its analysis the more reliable will be the analytical results. Therefore send the sample at destination at an earliest.
Concerned Laboratories
Samples should be sent to or to The District Public Health Laboratory at an earliest.
(Annexure I)
Collection of Stool Sample
Reliability of results obtained will depend largely on the care taken in collecting samples. Stool samples are collected for various different tests as follows.
- Microscopic examination of parasites i.e. eggs or larvae of Parasitic worms.
- To detect bacteriological pathogens like Vibrio, Salmonella and Shigella.
- Obtain sufficient quantity of stool samples approximately 4–5 Gms or 4 ml of stool sample depending on whether it is in solid or liquid in consistency.
- Liquid stools containing mucus and blood must be examined first, which may contain motile amoeba that may die quickly on exposure to air.
- Specimen should be collected in a waxed cardboard box or in a wide mouth plastic box with a lid.
- Examine stools while fresh i.e. within 1 hr of collection.
- Collect stool samples before the patient receives an antibiotic.
- Use clean cotton sterile tipped swab and introduce well into rectum. When this is done the swab becomes faecally stained and moist.
- Alternately collect freshly passed liquid stools in a bottle or a cotton tipped swab.
- Send the sample to the laboratory in a tightly sealed screw capped sterile bottle. In case of samples of suspected Bacillary dysentery the fresh stool sample is preferred but if it is impossible send the sample in Cary Blair transport medium having pH 7.2 to 7.4.
- If it will take more than 2 hrs to reach laboratory send the sample in a Cary Blair transport medium.
- For suspected Salmonella spp collect the sample in Cary Blair transport medium having pH 7.2 to 7.4.
Store the samples at 04 degrees C. Each sample should be properly & appropriately labeled. Detail information should be sent for each sample as below:
- Name of Patient.
- Name of Mother and Father.
- Address of Patient.
- Sex.
- Date of Onset of Symptoms.
- Provisional Diagnosis.
- Clinical Outcome.
- Antibiotic received prior to collection of sample – Yes / No / Not known.
Transport the specimens preferably in cold chain. If not possible send them at ambient temperature at earliest.
Concerned Laboratories
Samples should be sent to or to The District Public Health Laboratory at an earliest.
(Annexure I).
Collection of Blood Sample for detection of pathogens causing Enteric fever
- For detection of Salmonella typhi, Salmonella Para–typhi A and B collect blood sample in 5% bile broth medium. (Bile broth will be made available at District Public Health Laboratory).
- Collect blood sample in the first week of illness.
- Collect sample before antibiotics are administered to the patient.
- If bile broth is unavailable, collect blood sample in sterile plain bulb and send to District Public Health Laboratory at an earliest.
Food borne diseases include food poisoning due to toxins produced by microorganisms (e.g. Staphylococcus aureus). In fact, all the waterborne infections (Viral, bacteriological and parasitic) can be transmitted through contamination of food. Food borne outbreaks are very common in our country.
- Collect sample in a clean, dry, sterile, leak proof container such as glass or plastic jar. If unavailable collect in a disposable new unused plastic bag. Do not add any preservative.
- Collect minimum 250 gms/ml of sample depending upon whether it is solid or liquid.
- If product is in big container representative sample should be collected in sterile container under aseptic conditions.
- Sample should be labeled immediately after collection.
- Collect patient’s stool/vomit sample and water sample, which is used for drinking and food preparation purpose. simultaneously, label properly and sent along with food sample.
- Samples should be sent immediately along with as per standard proforma.
- Samples should accompany relevant information as per Annexure B.
- Samples should be sent in a cold chain so as to minimize the chances of deterioration of prepared food.
- Sample should be sent to State or Regional Public Health Laboratory, which is at nearest distance. Addresses of these labs are given in Annexure I.
- Collect swabs in Robertson’s cooked meat medium.
- Collect samples from following points.
- Operation table surface.
- Instrument trolley.
- Overhead lamp.
- Boyle’s apparatus.
- Floor near table.
- Alternately walls of the theatre.
Store the collected swab at ambient temperature and not at freezing temperature.
Transportation
Transport swab to the laboratory at an earliest preferably within 24 hrs of collection.
Concerned Laboratories
Send operation theatre swabs to State Public Health Laboratory Pune–411001.
Region Wise
Performance of all the Public Health Laboratories in the state pertaining to the activities in Food, Water and Bacteriological Section of the laboratories for the Calender Years 2003 and 2007 is mentioned as follows:
Regionwise Performance of Public Health Laboratories in The State of Maharashtra During Calender Year 2007
Sr. No. | Name of Laboratory | Food Section | Water Section | Bacteriology Section | Total |
1 | Mumbai Region Total | 3492 | 7303 | 55088 | 65883 |
2 | Nashik Region Total | 6581 | 8511 | 47858 | 62950 |
3 | Pune Region Total | 19371 | 8349 | 80681 | 108401 |
4 | Kolhapur Region Total | 4545 | 12401 | 25664 | 42610 |
5 | Aurangabad Region Total | 3611 | 2921 | 41098 | 47630 |
6 | Latur Region Total | 2890 | 3905 | 45361 | 52156 |
7 | Akola Region Total | 2951 | 9418 | 68120 | 80489 |
8 | Nagpur Region Total | 5425 | 10304 | 75758 | 91487 |
Grand Total | 48866 | 63112 | 439628 | 551606 |
Regionwise Performance of Public Health Laboratories in The State of Maharashtra for the Month JAN 2008
Sr. No. | Name of Laboratory | Food Section | Water Section | Bacteriology Section | Total |
1 | Mumbai Region Total | 324 | 524 | 8359 | 9207 |
2 | Nashik Region Total | 490 | 508 | 8912 | 9910 |
3 | Pune Region Total | 1738 | 747 | 9457 | 11942 |
4 | Kolhapur Region Total | 367 | 1018 | 4577 | 5962 |
5 | Aurangabad Region Total | 540 | 106 | 4680 | 5326 |
6 | Latur Region Total | 347 | 342 | 7179 | 7868 |
7 | Akola Region Total | 162 | 612 | 8090 | 8864 |
8 | Nagpur Region Total | 720 | 668 | 14132 | 15520 |
Grand Total | 4688 | 4525 | 65386 | 74599 |
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Performance of Public Health Lab
District Wise
Performance of all the Public Health Laboratories in the state pertaining to the activities in Food, Water and Bacteriological Section of the laboratories for the Calender Years 2003 to 2006 is as follows:
Calender Year: 2003
Sr.no | Name of the Laboratory | Food | Water Chemical | Bact. Section | Total |
1 | Ahmadnagar | 412 | 448 | 21345 | 22205 |
2 | Akola | 40 | 1808 | 20533 | 22381 |
3 | Amaravati | 2769 | 2107 | 37385 | 42261 |
4 | Aurangabad | 2433 | 1656 | 28661 | 32750 |
5 | Beed | 81 | 382 | 19279 | 19742 |
6 | Bhandara | 342 | 1555 | 19075 | 20972 |
7 | Buldana | 443 | 1063 | 20576 | 22082 |
8 | Chandrapur | 123 | 841 | 15740 | 16704 |
9 | Dhule | 407 | 791 | 8992 | 10190 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 119 | 417 | 11082 | 11618 |
11 | Jalgaon | 1911 | 208 | 26871 | 28990 |
12 | Jalna | 191 | 504 | 15273 | 15968 |
13 | Kokan Bhavan | 1737 | 247 | 23484 | 25468 |
14 | Kolhapur | 2386 | 5457 | 18877 | 26720 |
15 | Latur | 146 | 554 | 23740 | 2440 |
16 | Nagpur | 7002 | 5126 | 33767 | 45895 |
17 | Nanded | 1634 | 885 | 24772 | 27291 |
18 | Nashik | 1974 | 1043 | 21999 | 25016 |
19 | Osmanabad | 97 | 2260 | 17569 | 19926 |
20 | Parbhani | 0 | 600 | 22395 | 22995 |
21 | Pune | 13642 | 5439 | 20581 | 39662 |
22 | Raigad–Alibag | 0 | 2224 | 15506 | 17730 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 481 | 1748 | 18226 | 20455 |
24 | Sangli | 2070 | 6245 | 14705 | 23020 |
25 | Satara | 68 | 5129 | 12129 | 17326 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 0 | 1232 | 15853 | 17085 |
27 | Solapur | 2294 | 954 | 20107 | 23355 |
28 | Thane | 299 | 1582 | 17773 | 19654 |
29 | Wardha | 83 | 660 | 13163 | 13906 |
30 | Yeotmal | 347 | 2338 | 22724 | 25412 |
Total | 43531 | 55503 | 602182 | 679219 |
Calender Year: 2004
Sr.no | Name of the Laboratory | Food | Water Chemical | Bact. Section | Total |
1 | Ahmadnagar | 653 | 2633 | 20658 | 23944 |
2 | Akola | 236 | 2391 | 14797 | 17424 |
3 | Amaravati | 3874 | 5949 | 37400 | 47223 |
4 | Aurangabad | 1852 | 1383 | 27140 | 30375 |
5 | Beed | 113 | 314 | 22925 | 23352 |
6 | Bhandara | 467 | 1703 | 18706 | 20876 |
7 | Buldana | 938 | 1616 | 21310 | 23864 |
8 | Chandrapur | 152 | 15 | 18603 | 18770 |
9 | Dhule | 666 | 1140 | 9083 | 10889 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 321 | 455 | 10961 | 11737 |
11 | Jalgaon | 1062 | 46 | 24906 | 26014 |
12 | Jalna | 561 | 586 | 16073 | 16715 |
13 | Kokan Bhavan | 1631 | 175 | 25260 | 27066 |
14 | Kolhapur | 2205 | 5550 | 18477 | 26232 |
15 | Latur | 282 | 622 | 21746 | 22650 |
16 | Nagpur | 6263 | 5611 | 34475 | 46349 |
17 | Nanded | 1852 | 564 | 28977 | 31393 |
18 | Nashik | 1195 | 1061 | 20024 | 22280 |
19 | Osmanabad | 60 | 1707 | 13128 | 14895 |
20 | Parbhani | – | 332 | 22914 | 23246 |
21 | Pune | 12308 | 4364 | 17412 | 34084 |
22 | Raigad–Alibag | 368 | 2978 | 16315 | 19661 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 695 | 1551 | 22024 | 24270 |
24 | Sangli | 1660 | 5746 | 15762 | 23168 |
25 | Satara | 107 | 5956 | 14872 | 20935 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 381 | 1611 | 16960 | 18952 |
27 | Solapur | 2420 | 709 | 17403 | 20532 |
28 | Thane | 399 | 1522 | 17406 | 19327 |
29 | Wardha | 112 | 1007 | 12933 | 14052 |
30 | Yeotmal | 423 | 4082 | 20866 | 25371 |
Total | 42751 | 63379 | 599516 | 705646 |
Calender Year: 2005
Sr.no | Name of the Laboratory | Food | Water Chemical | Bact. Section | Total |
1 | Ahmadnagar | 1556 | 4475 | 31055 | 37086 |
2 | Akola | 247 | 2451 | 20664 | 23362 |
3 | Amaravati | 3846 | 1712 | 37014 | 42572 |
4 | Aurangabad | 1351 | 1593 | 25861 | 28805 |
5 | Beed | 150 | 428 | 24499 | 25077 |
6 | Bhandara | 435 | 2643 | 30573 | 33651 |
7 | Buldana | 979 | 1633 | 20687 | 23299 |
8 | Chandrapur | 431 | 1111 | 24189 | 25731 |
9 | Dhule | 1577 | 1826 | 18205 | 21608 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 154 | 390 | 76062 | 76606 |
11 | Jalgaon | 559 | 679 | 24952 | 26190 |
12 | Jalna | 246 | 548 | 15312 | 16106 |
13 | Kokan Bhavan | 2001 | 271 | 21068 | 23340 |
14 | Kolhapur | 2773 | 5571 | 23133 | 31477 |
15 | Latur | 499 | 938 | 22219 | 23656 |
16 | Nagpur | 7377 | 5894 | 46348 | 59619 |
17 | Nanded | 2643 | 663 | 30247 | 33553 |
18 | Nashik | 1972 | 948 | 37030 | 39950 |
19 | Osmanabad | 439 | 1683 | 22644 | 24766 |
20 | Parbhani | 263 | 759 | 23369 | 24391 |
21 | Pune | 14000 | 3874 | 28012 | 45886 |
22 | Raigad–Alibag | 537 | 2653 | 15959 | 19149 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 588 | 1665 | 22822 | 25075 |
24 | Sangli | 1631 | 4163 | 18656 | 24450 |
25 | Satara | 204 | 6388 | 27283 | 33875 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 1023 | 1932 | 16606 | 19561 |
27 | Solapur | 2355 | 582 | 17382 | 20319 |
28 | Thane | 555 | 1868 | 43158 | 45581 |
29 | Wardha | 186 | 1286 | 17355 | 18827 |
30 | Yeotmal | 278 | 4704 | 28507 | 33489 |
Total | 50855 | 65331 | 810871 | 927057 |
Calender Year: 2006
Sr.no | Name of the Laboratory | Food | Water | Bacteriology | Total |
1 | Ahmadnagar | 1432 | 4916 | 10916 | 17264 |
2 | Akola | 343 | 1957 | 12352 | 14652 |
3 | Amaravati | 2697 | 1415 | 31555 | 35667 |
4 | Aurangabad | 1737 | 1215 | 19318 | 22270 |
5 | Beed | 456 | 568 | 12873 | 13897 |
6 | Bhandara | 1134 | 3153 | 14478 | 18765 |
7 | Buldana | 1049 | 1637 | 5907 | 8593 |
8 | Chandrapur | 582 | 1108 | 9537 | 11227 |
9 | Dhule | 1366 | 1419 | 9732 | 12517 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 765 | 936 | 11982 | 13683 |
11 | Jalgaon | 980 | 1151 | 10852 | 12983 |
12 | Jalna | 552 | 743 | 10700 | 11995 |
13 | Kokan Bhavan | 1799 | 230 | 17573 | 19602 |
14 | Kolhapur | 2493 | 5643 | 13494 | 21630 |
15 | Latur | 786 | 1191 | 10970 | 12947 |
16 | Nagpur | 4553 | 7987 | 30343 | 42883 |
17 | Nanded | 2707 | 931 | 9923 | 13561 |
18 | Nashik | 1882 | 738 | 18091 | 20711 |
19 | Osmanabad | 459 | 1677 | 10241 | 12377 |
20 | Parbhani | 493 | 628 | 10008 | 11129 |
21 | Pune | 18283 | 3849 | 20643 | 42775 |
22 | Raigad–Alibag | 668 | 2982 | 11700 | 15350 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 861 | 1906 | 10786 | 13553 |
24 | Sangli | 1539 | 4180 | 7256 | 12975 |
25 | Satara | 228 | 5811 | 11240 | 17279 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 1948 | 2321 | 6011 | 10280 |
27 | Solapur | 2122 | 627 | 10714 | 13463 |
28 | Thane | 984 | 1830 | 15473 | 18287 |
29 | Wardha | 319 | 995 | 7654 | 8968 |
30 | Yeotmal | 406 | 3686 | 12209 | 16301 |
Total | 55623 | 67430 | 394531 | 517584 |
Calender Year: 2007
Sr.no | Name of the Laboratory | Food | Water | Bacteriology | Total |
1 | Ahmadnagar | 3119 | 5061 | 10776 | 18956 |
2 | Akola & Washim | 276 | 2430 | 13229 | 15935 |
3 | Amaravati | 2132 | 1376 | 28564 | 32072 |
4 | Aurangabad | 2908 | 1123 | 19420 | 23451 |
5 | Beed | 546 | 523 | 13783 | 14852 |
6 | Bhandara & Gondia | 0 | 2399 | 13657 | 16056 |
7 | Buldana | 543 | 1826 | 6214 | 8583 |
8 | Chandrapur | 0 | 1041 | 8844 | 9885 |
9 | Dhule & Nandurbar | 988 | 1183 | 9244 | 11415 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 0 | 652 | 11805 | 12457 |
11 | Jalgaon | 1382 | 1454 | 10311 | 13147 |
12 | Jalna | 703 | 1011 | 12019 | 13733 |
13 | Kokan Bhavan | 3267 | 447 | 16697 | 20411 |
14 | Kolhapur | 2526 | 5430 | 12068 | 20024 |
15 | Latur | 301 | 997 | 9953 | 11251 |
16 | Nagpur | 5389 | 5240 | 32810 | 43439 |
17 | Nanded | 2043 | 828 | 11328 | 14199 |
18 | Nashik | 1092 | 813 | 17527 | 19432 |
19 | Osmanabad | 0 | 1557 | 10297 | 11854 |
20 | Parbhani & Hingoli | 0 | 787 | 9659 | 10446 |
21 | Pune | 14088 | 3348 | 52839 | 70275 |
22 | Raigad | 0 | 2411 | 10304 | 12715 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 225 | 2342 | 9917 | 12484 |
24 | Sangli | 2019 | 4861 | 7801 | 14681 |
25 | Satara | 845 | 4267 | 12672 | 17784 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 0 | 2110 | 5795 | 7905 |
27 | Solapur | 4438 | 734 | 15170 | 20342 |
28 | Thane | 0 | 2103 | 18170 | 20273 |
29 | Wardha | 36 | 972 | 8642 | 9650 |
30 | Yeotmal | 0 | 3786 | 20113 | 23899 |
Total | 48866 | 63112 | 439628 | 551606 |
Month – January 2008
Sr.no | Name of the Laboratory | Food | Water | Bacteriology | Total |
1 | Ahmadnagar | 233 | 324 | 2660 | 3217 |
2 | Akola & Washim | 14 | 176 | 1717 | 1907 |
3 | Amaravati | 40 | 120 | 2770 | 2930 |
4 | Aurangabad | 454 | 69 | 1714 | 2237 |
5 | Beed | 47 | 72 | 1809 | 1928 |
6 | Bhandara & Gondia | 65 | 132 | 2203 | 2400 |
7 | Buldana | 49 | 95 | 1530 | 1674 |
8 | Chandrapur | 8 | 49 | 1713 | 1770 |
9 | Dhule & Nandurbar | 108 | 95 | 1282 | 1485 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 21 | 28 | 5181 | 5230 |
11 | Jalgaon | 97 | 62 | 1914 | 2073 |
12 | Jalna | 56 | 16 | 1208 | 1280 |
13 | Kokan Bhavan | 210 | 6 | 1287 | 1503 |
14 | Kolhapur | 253 | 475 | 1927 | 2655 |
15 | Latur | 32 | 49 | 1344 | 1425 |
16 | Nagpur | 599 | 415 | 3792 | 4806 |
17 | Nanded | 225 | 74 | 2250 | 2549 |
18 | Nashik | 52 | 27 | 3056 | 3135 |
19 | Osmanabad | 43 | 147 | 1776 | 1966 |
20 | Parbhani & Hingoli | 30 | 21 | 1758 | 1809 |
21 | Pune | 1398 | 290 | 4808 | 6496 |
22 | Raigad | 17 | 202 | 1538 | 1757 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 28 | 198 | 1992 | 2218 |
24 | Sangli | 66 | 439 | 1382 | 1887 |
25 | Satara | 160 | 403 | 2268 | 2831 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 48 | 104 | 1268 | 1420 |
27 | Solapur | 180 | 54 | 2381 | 2615 |
28 | Thane | 69 | 118 | 3542 | 3729 |
29 | Wardha | 27 | 44 | 1243 | 1314 |
30 | Yeotmal | 59 | 221 | 2073 | 2353 |
Total | 4688 | 4525 | 65386 | 74599 |
Detail Performance can be procured from the respective Annual Reports.
Yearly report of Iodized Salt Analysis January 2007 to December 2007
Sr.no | Name of District | No. of Samples Analysed | Standred Samples | Sub – Standard Samples | Non – Iodized Salt |
1 | Ahmednagar | 840 | 828 | 12 | 0 |
2 | Akola & Washim | 387 | 321 | 65 | 1 |
3 | Amaravati | 214 | 187 | 27 | 0 |
4 | Aurangabad | 628 | 580 | 48 | 0 |
5 | Beed | 613 | 586 | 21 | 6 |
6 | Bhandara & Gondia | 1057 | 895 | 162 | 0 |
7 | Buldhana | 1096 | 971 | 112 | 13 |
8 | Chandrapur | 319 | 302 | 17 | 0 |
9 | Dhule & Nandurbar | 750 | 596 | 154 | 0 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 482 | 453 | 29 | 0 |
11 | Jalgaon | 378 | 366 | 11 | 1 |
12 | Jalna | 937 | 821 | 104 | 12 |
13 | Kokan Bahvan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Kolahpur | 998 | 941 | 57 | 0 |
15 | Latur | 816 | 756 | 58 | 2 |
16 | Nagpur | 1790 | 1353 | 437 | 0 |
17 | Nanded | 359 | 317 | 42 | 0 |
18 | Nashik | 361 | 343 | 18 | 0 |
19 | Osmanabad | 380 | 339 | 15 | 26 |
20 | Parbhani & Hingoli | 449 | 368 | 81 | 0 |
21 | Pune | 1182 | 1113 | 68 | 1 |
22 | Raigad | 350 | 296 | 53 | 1 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 685 | 654 | 31 | 0 |
24 | Sangli | 266 | 266 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Satara | 378 | 374 | 4 | 0 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 680 | 668 | 12 | 0 |
27 | Solapur | 280 | 243 | 15 | 22 |
28 | Thane | 783 | 569 | 166 | 48 |
29 | Wardha | 275 | 274 | 1 | 0 |
30 | Yeotmal | 710 | 589 | 121 | 0 |
Total | 18445 | 16371 | 1941 | 133 |
Report of Iodized Salt Analysis in the month of January 2008
Sr.no | Name of District | No. of Samples Analysed | Standred Samples | Sub – Standard Samples | Non – Iodized Salt |
1 | Ahmednagar | 58 | 54 | 4 | 0 |
2 | Akola & Washim | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Amaravati | 62 | 45 | 5 | 12 |
4 | Aurangabad | 94 | 88 | 6 | 0 |
5 | Beed | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Bhandara & Gondia | 65 | 64 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Buldhana | 49 | 44 | 5 | 0 |
8 | Chandrapur | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Dhule & Nandurbar | 53 | 48 | 5 | 0 |
10 | Gadchiroli | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
11 | Jalgaon | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Jalna | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
13 | Kokan Bahvan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Kolahpur | 84 | 83 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Latur | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
16 | Nagpur | 194 | 163 | 31 | 0 |
17 | Nanded | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
18 | Nashik | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Osmanabad | 43 | 38 | 5 | 0 |
20 | Parbhani & Hingoli | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
21 | Pune | 82 | 78 | 4 | 0 |
22 | Raigad | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
23 | Ratnagiri | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
24 | Sangli | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Satara | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Sindhudurg | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Solapur | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Thane | 69 | 60 | 7 | 2 |
29 | Wardha | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Yeotmal | 59 | 43 | 16 | 0 |
Total | 1329 | 1207 | 108 | 14 |
Expected Community Participation
Community Participation is expected in the various Exhibitions held by the Laboratory in relation with Food and Water Quality Programs like Jalswaraj, Blockwise development of Drinking Water Sources, Swajaldhara, Shivkalin Panni Sathvan Yogana of State Govt.
Community Participation is also expected in the implementation and monitoring (Build, Operate and Own) of various water supply schemes at village level.
Role of NGOs
NGO can participate in the various schemes of the government implemented for common people at rural and urban level, for creating awareness in the community regarding the benefits of the scheme. Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities also may be effectively carried out by NGO.
NGO can also keep watch or be active like a watchdog over the implementation of the schemes. They can study results and cost–benefit ratio analysis of the schemes/programs.
Health Education Messages
Important Health Education Messages
Consumption of clean and safe water and unadulterated food should be actively adopted and strictly followed by the community.