Annual public health report of the Province of Bihar; and Annual vaccination report.

  • Bihar (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual public health report of the Province of Bihar; and Annual vaccination report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XII. Public Health Administration. ]. The statement below shows the receipts and expenditure under the Eead “ 39—Public Health (Medical) ” for the years 1935-36 and 1936-37. Receipt. 1936-36. 1936-37. Head of expenditure. Head. 1936-3 6. 1936-37. Budget Expenditure. Budget Expenditure. provision. provision. 1 a 3 4 6 6 7 8 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Sale-proceeds 38.384 1 45,452 Public Health 1,64,434 1,68,253 1,70,864 1,74,916 of sera Establishment. and vac- Medical examination 43,000 38,261 39,778 35,70 7 cine, etc. of scholars and teaching of hygiene in high schools. ' Bubonic plague 6,000 9,383 7,000 6,615 Malaria 10,600 6,429 9,000 24,061 Other Epidemic 1,29,463 1,16,737 1,38,638 1,07,017 diseases. Publicity campaign 1,802 2,094 1,840 1,719 Public Health Labo- 22,097 18,872 18,129 15,218 ra tones. Total 3,77,396 3,60,029 3,85,249 3,65,263 All requisitions of the Director of Public Health were met by the Government and funds were made available in most cases. 2. The three Assistant Directors of Public Health, one for South Bihar Circle, with headquarters at Patna, one for North Bihar Circle, with head¬ quarters at Muzaffarpur, and one for Chota Nagpur Circle, with his head¬ quarters at Namkum in the Ranchi district, continued to function as in previous years. The Assistant Directors of Public Health are employed to investigate into the epidemics, suggest measures of control and to see that the actions are adequate to combat the epidemics. They also supervise the prophylactic measures such as vaccination, cholera and plague inoculations. They inspect and report on all nuisances occuring in their areas. A systematic inspection of all local bodies, fairs and melas and high schools are included in their legitimate duties. They also carry out propaganda work by lectures and magic lantern demonstrations. Regular inspection of mines and factories in their respective circles have also been added to the routine duties of the Assistant Directors of Public Health. The supervision and advice rendered by these officers have done much in recent years to assist the local bodies in effecting improvement in sanitation and health of their areas. There are four School Medical Officers and four Assistant School Medical Officers for the four divisions of the province. There is also a Lady School Medical Officer for the girls’ schools. In addition to her own duties she is also employed as Medical Inspectress of Factories in accordance with the recoinmendation of the Royal Commission on Labour to examine the health of the female employees of factories in Patna district. Epidemic doctors of sub-assistant surgeon grade are employed temporarily by Government and they are detailed to help local bodies in combating epidemics in the province. Over and above these one hundred reserve of vaccinatois are provided for duties in the districts, who in addition to vaccina¬ tion work are also trained to carry out disinfection during epidemics. A medical officer of health is in charge of the Public Health Bureau which is attached to the office of the Director of Public Health. He contri¬ butes popular articles to the press on public health subjects and prepares and distributes posters, pamphlets and leaflets to the local bodies. He delivers lectures on hygiene to the police cadets at the Police Training College, Hazaribagh, and also at mela^ and fairs with the aid of magic lantern slides. 7 9 DPH