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Report of the Health Survey and Development Committee. Vol.I Survey

1946

The.great range and variety of problems which go to make the single problem of preventing and curing disease and raising the general standard of health of the community the varying conditions and stages of development in different Provinces..and the special needs of urban and rural areas and of the industrial and agricultural populations are all factors which make the subject to be investigat [...] 6 CHAPTER I A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH 1. In this volume of our report we shall attempt to draw a. picture of the state of the public health in the dountry and of the existing health organisation. [...] The figures for expectation of life tell the same tale because they express in terms of the prObable length of life of the individual the cumulative effect of the specific mortality rates at different ages in respect of the two sexes: the higher the specific death rates in a community the smaller will be the expectation of life. [...] The maintenance of the public health requires the fulfilment f)f certain fundamental conditions which include the provision of an environment conducive to healthful living adequate nutrition the availability of health protection preventive and curative to all members of the community irrespective of their ability to pay for it and the active co-operation of the people in. [...] Apart from the fact that the poorer sections of the community have the right to demand fair treatment at the hands of the hospital staff we feel that the one condition which we have stressed for ensuring the success of the future health programme namely the active support and co-operation of the people in the day-to-day funtioning of the organisation cannot be fulfilled without a radical ch
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Pages
233
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.142455
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Introduction
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Chapter I A Brief Survey of the State of the Public Health
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Chapter II History of Health Administration in India
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Chapter III Meddical Relief and Preventive Health Work in the Provinces
35-49 unknown view
Chapter IV Therapeutic Substances and Medical Appliances their Availability and Control of the Trade in then
50-53 unknown view
Chapter V The Nutrition of the People
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Chapter VI Health Services for Mothers and Children
62-66 unknown view
Chapter VII Health Services for School Children
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Chapter VIII Health of the Industrial Worker
71-87 unknown view
Chapter IX Personal Health Services for Certain Diseases
88-132 unknown view
Chapter X Environmental Hygiene
133-146 unknown view
Chapter XI Quarantine International and Internal
147-152 unknown view
Chapter XII Vital Statistics
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Chapter XIII Professional Education
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Chapter XIV Medical Research
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Index
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