Abstract
The study was aimed to find the socio--cultural factors in relation to acute diarrhea andbacteriological quality of water in households with diarrhea and time trend of diarrhea. 150 houses in each of the two areas, one supplied by bore well and the other by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board[BWSSB] water selected by modified cluster sampling. Weekly morbidity details were collected and water samples assessed from diarrhea reported houses. The study revealed an incidence rate of diarrheal diseases of 3.2%. It was also noted that children less than 5 years showed an incidence of 38.89% and 57.14% in bore well and piped water supply areas respectively. Peak incidence of diarrhea was observed in the month of November. From our study it was inferred that the practices such as washing vessel, hygienic transportation, storage and drawing of water, and pretreatment of drinking water among the individuals with morbidities in the two areas were considerably different. Thus the study recommends improved water quality at point of use along with promotion of better water handling during collection, storage and treatment can produce better health outcomes.
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