Indian sanitary policy, 1914, being a resolution issued by the Governor General in Council, 23 May, 1914.

  • India. Department of Education (1971- )
Date:
1914
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Credit: Indian sanitary policy, 1914, being a resolution issued by the Governor General in Council, 23 May, 1914. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    (7) Notwithstanding the initial expense, those anti- malarial measures should be chosen which will act automatically, be independent of outside help and permanent in their effects : those which require regular repetition, con- stant attention or active co-operation on the part of the people, are, under present con- ditions, seldom durably effective. (8) The treatment of permanent collections of water is important whether it be effected by {a) water tidiness, through sloping of banks and clearing of weeds, or (b) stocking with fish of proved utility as mosquito destroyers, or bv both methods. 19. The Government of India have arranged classes for instruction in practical malaria work twice a year. The course is so planned that each member of the class takes an actual part in the preparation of a malaria survey which will eventually be the basis of a practical scheme of malaria prevention. Already 155 medical officers in civil and military employ have passed through the classes. It is hoped before long to spread a large number of trained and active workers over the whole of India. The Lucknow Sanitary Conference recommended that a malariologist and engineer should be deputed to Italy to study the methods of “ colmate ” and “ bonifi- cazione ” under the auspices of the Indian Research Lund Association, and it is hojied to arrange for their deputation. The effect of silt deposit on the malarial conditions of deltaic areas in India is also receiving attention ; and interesting experiments are being con-