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Introduction: Occupational health refers to the identificationand control of the risks arising from physical, chemical, andother work place hazards in order to establish and maintaina safe and healthy working environment. Occupationalrespiratory disease is any lung condition humans get atwork. Certain work places lend themselves to disease. Themost common are coalmines and factories or areas with highamounts of toxic. Melur taluk located in the north easternpart of Madurai district was chosen as the study area. Thestudy particularly attempted to determine whether individualsworking in the metal and building material industries are athigher risks of air-related health effects as compared to thosein other industries.Material and Methods: The two important techniques usedin the present study are statistical techniques and cartographicinterpretation. It includes mapping of the study area usingthe GIS soft ware. For the primary data, the design involved,comprising a sample of 150 workers (study participants) fromthe metal, non-metal industries and Petrochemical Industrialworkers. The factor analysis a well known techniques wasused in the present study to analyze the occupational health inthe work environment in Melur taluk.Results: Lack of using protective measures leads to respiratorydisease infection, Smoking habits worsen the health ofworkers. Workers who are working for a long duration (morethan 8 hours) without any protective measures diagnoserespiratory infection and most of this infected workers are inthe age group of above 40.Conclusion: The types of industry determine respiratoryinfection. Workers in metal and building material industrieshighly infected by respiratory infection than petrochemicalindustry. Educated people have knowledge about respiratoryinfection they use protective measures and they do not haveany respiratory infection and most of them are working inmanagement department.
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Introduction: Dengue fever, otherwise called break bonefever, is a mosquito borne tropical illness brought aboutby the dengue virus. In the present study an attempt wasmade to identify the reason for the year wise increase ofdengue incidence in Madurai District .The object of MedicalGeography is to study the geographical environment of humansociety and its influence on the health of man. In this directionthe present study helps to understand how the disease governedby people attitude, behavior and knowledge among dengueMaterial and Methods: To fulfill the objectives Primary andSecondary data were collected. Stratified random samplingmethod was used to collect the primary data.450 respondentswho were interviewed by direct questionnaire method, 20variables were selected. Year wise dengue cases were collectedfrom Deputy Directorate of Health Department Madurai.Results: During the previous ten years dengue cases becomeexpanding significantly in Madurai district. In 2017 thepercentage of dengue infection attains its zenith. Whencompared to 2012 dengue infection is doubled as 51% of casesin 2017. The increasing or decreasing rate of dengue infectiondepends on the knowledge, attitude and practice of peopleamong dengue and it seems low in educated people also.Conclusion: Dengue affected areas not up to the mark evenin educated people also. The initial phase in real life againstthe dengue mosquito is to educate communities about whatdengue is and what measure can be taken to battle it. A reliablewater supply is essential to prevent dengue fever. Watershortage force people to store water, which leads to breedingplaces for dengue mosquitoes.