Annual report of the Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay.

  • Bombay (India : State). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    n the question oi opening Medical Centres in the District to provide medical aid to rural areas. He delivered a lecture on the Public Health programme of the Government of Bombay under the auspices of the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work, Bombay. He attended the Bed Cross Society’s meeting at Be]gaum and explained to them about the need of establishing an anti-tuberculosis committee in Belgaum town. The Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay visited 73 towns and villages in connection with water supply, drainage, investigation into the causes of and preventive measures against epidemics, general sanitation, Village Improvement, scarcity relief, etc. He inspected water supply of Dharwar, Saundatti-Yellamma, Nasik, Dhulia, Jalgaon, Shingnapur, Eatnagiri, Chiplun and Faizpur. He attended the Ashadhi Fair at Pandharpur and the Kartiki Fair at Alandi and inspected the arrangements made there for mass inoculation of pilgrims. He attended the meetings of the Central Jail, Yeravda, and of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Poona. He also attended the meetings of the Bombay Mofussil Maternity, Child Welfare and Health Council, the Bombay Presidency Baby and Health Week Association, the Bombay Presidency Branch of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association, the Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Council and the Bombay Social Hygiene Council. He received the Preparatory Commission of the Health Committee of the League of Nations, on their visit to India to study the rural health problems, and took them round the villages of Dahisar (Bombay Suburban District), Khed-Shivapur (Rural Health Centre), Hadapsar (Village Panchayat and Co-operative Society), Mundhwa (Village Improvement Committee) and Khadakvasla (control of malaria). 144. The Board of Public Health Worhs.—During the year 1936-37 only one meeting of the Board was held. 'In addition, matters that came up before the Board subsequently were also dealt with by circularizing the Members. The Board accorded approval to the following projects for execution :— Improvements to Sirur Water Supply. Ahmedabad Suburban Drainage, Stage II. A. Y. DABHOLKAR, Lieut.-Coionel, I.M.S., Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay. Poona, 17th September 1937.