Annual report of the Directorate General of Health Services / issued by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Government of India.

  • India. Directorate General of Health Services.
Date:
[1960]
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Credit: Annual report of the Directorate General of Health Services / issued by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Government of India. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    further treatment on the mainland at Government expenses. The confirmed cases of mental patients were sent to Mental Asylum on the mainland for treatment. Himachal Pradesh—The number of Primary Health Centres were opened through which all possible medical and maternal aid was rendered to the public in the respective areas. No Health Advisory Committee functioned in this Pradesh. Laccadive Islands—There is no Directorate for Health Services in this Union Territory. The Medical and Public Health staff were functioning directly under the Administrator. One of the important events in the field of Medical Administration during the year was the opening of a 20 bedded hospital at Minicoy, the first of its kind in this Union Territory. A Leprosy Colony was also started in Kadamath Island in 1960. The Public Health Organisation was strengthened and three new Health Inspectors were appointed bring¬ ing the total to nine, one each for every major Island. 2,200 doses of small-pox vaccine was sent to the Islands during the year 1960-61. Manipur—The Maternity Child Welfare and Primary Health Centres functioned satisfactorily. The existing Drugs and P.F'.A. Acts were under active consideration for improvement. Water Supply & Sanitation Public Health Engineering : During the year under review the Central Public Health Engi¬ neering Organisation comprising of 9 Public Health Engineers and Sanitary Chemist continued to assist the Ministry of Health in administering the National Water Supply and Sanitation Programme giving technical scrutiny and advice on all urban and rural water supply and sanitation schemes received for inclusion under the pro¬ gramme, inspecting the reviewing works in progress, arranging train¬ ing programmes for in-service personnel, organising conference of State Public Health Engineers and procuring equipments from abroad. The following will indicate the progress under the programme : I. Centrally sponsored schemes: National Water Supply & Sanitation Programme (Urban and Corporations) :— (a) 355 Water Supply Schemes and 76 Sewerage Schemes have so far been approved under the National Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (Urban). These schemes were esti¬ mated to cost Rs. 71.12 crores. (b) A list showing the Water Supply and Sewerage Schemes approved during the year is given at Table No. 16. (c) A sum of Rs. 4019.544 lakhs was sanctioned as loans from the inception of the programme up to March, 1960. (d) An amount of Rs. 1008.435 lakhs was to be disbursed as loan during the financial year 1960-61. Corporation Schemes: (e) 9 Water Supply and 6 Sewerage Schemes of Municipal Corpo¬ rations estimated to cost Rs. 8.84 crores have been approved so far under the programme.