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

  • Bombay (India : State). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1945]
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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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    CHAPTER VII. Urban Sanitation. 95 Classification of Municipalities.— There are 131 municipalities m the Province. Of these excluding the Bombay Municipality, the Ahmedabad, Nadiad, Broach, Surat, Thana, Bandra, Kurla, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon Bhusaval, Amalne Chalisgaon, Dhulia, Nasik, Malegaon, Poona city, Poona Suburban Lonavala Satara, Sholapur, Pandharpur, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwar, Hubli Gadag-Betger Barsi Kalyan, Godhra, Batnagiri, and Parle-Andhen Municipalities are boroug municipalities ; Viramgaon, Bagalkot, Yeola, and Guledgud are city municipalities and the rest are District Municipalities. 96 Number of Medical Officers of Health.-During the year under report Medica Officers of Health having British Diploma in Public Health were employee in Poona city, Nasik, Ahmedabad, Surat, Sholapur, and Pandharpur. < Ahmedabad Municipality also maintained one fully qualified Deputy Healtl Officer. Health Officers holding the Medical degree of the Bomay Lmversit and B.PIy (Bombay) or D. P. H., Bombay or Calcutta .were employed a Broach Dhulia, Hubli, Ahmednagar and Bandra. The Bijapur . municipalit; employed a medical graduate with junior health officers’ examination certificat and Malegaon and Jalgaon municipalities employed L. C. P. S. with junior Hea . Officers’ examination certificate as their Medical Officers of Health, while Dharwa municipality employed a L. C. P. S. with D. P. H. and Hy., (Bengal). Tne Dakor municipality employed a medical licentiate with the sanitary Inspector s examine tion certificate as its Medical Officer of Health. 97. Number of Sanitary Inspectors.—'One hundred and twenty-eight qualifie sanitary Inspectors were employed in 59 towns. Ahmedabad 16, Sholapur 11 Poona city 10, Surat 9, Pandharpur, Belgaum and Hubli 4 each, Ahmednaga: Bandra. Nasik, and Dhulia 3 each ; Kurla, Ghatkopar, Barsi, Bijapur, Bagalkc Dharwar, Gadag, Broach, Nadiad, Godhra, and Jalgaon 2 each and the followin had one each, Sangamner, Baramati, Batnagiri, Trimbak, Malegaon, Manma< Kalyan. Juhu, Karad, Mahableshwar, Panchgani, Igatpuri, Poona Suburbai Ukal, Guledgud, Gokak, Nipani, Ranebennur, Haveri, Bulsar, Jambusa Ankleshwar, Ivapadwanj, Anand, Borsad, Dohad, Dholka, Chalisgaon, Bhusava Parola, Amalner, Yawal, Erandol, Chopda, and Nandurbar. 98. Municipal Sanitary Works.—Advice was given to municipalities by tl Assistant Directors of Public Health in matters of water supply, conservanc; prevention and spread of diseases and sanitary matters generally. Action was take by many of the municipalities on the suggestions of the Assistant Directors of Publ Health of which the following is a brief summary Satara spent Rs. 1,929 on pucca masonry gutters and Rs. 2,608 on constructs of public latrines ; Wai spent Rs. 1,486 on construction and repairs to gutte and repairs to public latrines ; Mahableshwar spent Rs. 450 on rebuilding waste weir of vena lake ; Ashta spent Rs. 1,254 on repairs to latrines and gutter Vita spent Rs. 1,701 on new gutters ; Sholapur spent Rs. 64,504-12-4, < improvement to sewers, drains, latrines and urinals ; Barsi spent Rs. 4,677 < drainage, pucca dust bins and cattle trough; Bagalkot spent Rs. 3,008-8- on construction of wells and repairs to gutters, latrines, wells and roa(