Chapter 15 – MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

(a) Survey of Public Health and medical facilities in early times.

(b) Vital statistics : General standard of health as reflected by the statistics.  Important causes of mortality.

(c) Diseases common to the district.

(d) Public hospitals and dispensaries : Organization of the Medical Department.  Number and location of hospitals, number of doctors and nurses, specialists in different fields, number of beds, special facilities accorded, expenditure, etc.  Particular attention should be paid to special institutions such as mental hospitals, medical facilities provided in rural areas, maternity and child welfare, Ayurvedic and Unani hospitals, etc.

 (e) Private hospitals and nursing homes : Number of general practitioners and specialists in different areas, urban and rural.

(f) Medical and public health research centres and institutions for disseminating knowledge on public health, e.g., birth control and nutrition.

(g) Sanitation :

(i) Administration set-up for the maintenance of public health and sanitation in urban and rural areas.

(ii) Activities of health and sanitary organisations : Slum-clearance, underground drainage, protected water supply, etc. Anti malaria measures, vaccination, etc.