Intergovernmental conference of Far-Eastern countries on rural hygiene : preparatory papers.

Date:
1937
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Credit: Intergovernmental conference of Far-Eastern countries on rural hygiene : preparatory papers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Press articles, magic-lantern slides and cinema films, (2) to organise special educative campaigns in the presence of epidemics and (3) to work with and assist voluntary health education organisations throughout the province, such as the Health Education Section of the Red Cross and various child welfare societies, etc. A sub-assistant surgeon has been entrusted with this work during the past five years. Recently, he has found it impossible to comply with all the requests he has received for his services in the districts. This illustrates the considerable and steady development in this form of health activity that has been taking place. B, PIRLp- STAPF. The information contained in the report published in 1928 by the Health Organisation of the League of Nations, inas- much as it refers to the whole-time field staff whose services are available under the Director of Public Health, has to be considerably modified, as recent years have seen many fundamental changes and a slow but steady advance. District Health Officers. There are at present four whole-time district health officers in Burma. The first three were appointed in 1930, and the most recent appointment has been made possible by Insein District Council agreeing to avail itself of the services of the officer in charge of the Hlegu Health Unit that has functioned in a township of that district for some years. These four officers have special post-graduate training and hold diplomas in public health. The authority for their appointment is contained in a Government notification made under Section 21 of the Rural Self-government Act. It should be explained that the Burma Rural Self-government Act of 1921 has been applied to twenty-eight out of the forty districts in the country. Section 21 of the Act authorises the designation of a civil surgeon as district health officer in these twenty-eight districts ; in four, however, this officer has been relieved of his district public health duties by the appointment
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