Annual report on the work of the Ministry of Public Health / Egypt.

  • Egypt. Wizārat al-Ṣiḥḥah al-ʻUmūmīyah
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: Annual report on the work of the Ministry of Public Health / Egypt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5.—MOSQUES. (a) Private Mosques. The following is a statement of the work which has been carried out in connection with the improvement of the ablution and drainage systems of private mosques throughout the counrty Table I—Private Mosques dealt with in 1922. Cairo. Provinces. Total. Ablution system of private mosques]newly constructed and opened for use . — 4 4 Ablution systems of old private mosques requiring repairs :— Number opened for use after repair . — 117 117 „ closed for want of repair. 1 564 565 „ under repair. — 360 360 Plans of new private mosques approved during 1922. 1 14 15 (b) Mosques belonging to Waqfs Ministry. A sum of L.E. 2,000 has been granted in 1922-1923 Budget for the sanitation of mosques belonging to the Waqfs Ministry. This sum represents the Government share of the cost of the sanitary installations for these mosques, some of which have already been finished and some are still under execution. The following is a statement showing the work done in connection with these mosques up to end of 1922 :— Ministry of Waqfs Mosques dealt with in 1922. Plans and estimation of sanitary installations approved (work still in progress). G Sanitary installations approved in 1921 but work completed and drainage system opened in 1922 . 8 6.—PROTECTION OF DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES. Arretes were issued and published in the Official Journal for preventing the pollution of drinking water during 1922 at the following localities :— Abu Hommos and Kafr el Dauwar (Beheira Province). Tala (Minufiya Province). 7,-SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND SLAUGHTERING SITES. No new slaughter houses were approved by the Administration during 1922. Sites for the slaughtering of animals for food in villages where no slaughter houses exist were approved in the following villages :— Fariskur (Daqahliya). Shanawan (Minufiya). Aryamun (Sharqiya). Qusiya (Asyut). Batra (Gharbiya). Astanha (Minufiya). 8.—SEWAGE DEPOTOIRS. One sewage depotoir was approved by the Administration during 1922 at Mahmudiya, Beheira Province. 9.—PROSTITUTION. The following tables indicate the places to which the Regulations regarding “ Maison de tolerancewere applied and also certain information regarding the prostitutes examined during 1922.