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MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Organisation
The public health of the district is looked after by the Public Health department of the State and the local bodies such as the municipalities, the Zilla Parishad and the panchayat samitis.
The Director of Public Health with headquarters at Poona is the head of the department at the State level. The State has been divided into four divisions for public health purposes. Each division is in charge of a Deputy Director of Public Health Services. The jurisdiction of the Poona division extends over the district of Sangli. The District Health Officer, who is responsible for all public health matters in the district, is the head of the Health department of the Zilla Parishad. Though technical control over him is exercised by the Director of Public Health, Maharashtra State, Poona, he has. to work under the administrative control of the Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad.
Primary Health Centres.
The Medical Officers in charge of the primary health centres are responsible for rendering preventive as well as curative help to the populace covered by the centre. There are eight such
centres in the district. The work regarding vaccination is carried out by 19 vaccinators and 10 sanitary inspectors. There are 27 ayurvedic dispensaries in the district.
The B.C.G. campaign, the malaria eradication programme, the smallpox eradication programme and such of the campaigns, have also made a good stride in the district.
Family Planning.
There are in all six family planning centres in the district. During 1963-64, 3,647 operations were performed under the supervision of these centres. The centres also undertake the work of publicity in this respect.
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