Balaram Jana

Community Medicine: Preventive & Social Medicine

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Community Medicine: Preventive & Social Medicine
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 CONTENTS
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
[Page 2 to 6]

CHAPTER-I
PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE
[Page 7 to 24}
PSM and its areas—7 Preventive Medicine and its
Utilities of the study of main objects—15
PSM—9 Social Medicine and its main
Developmental history of objects—16
PSM—11 Hahnemann's view on health
Changing concepts of and disease—19
'Hygiene' to PSM—14

PART-I
PHYSIOLOGICAL HYGIENE

CHAPTER-II
FOOD AND NUTRITION
[Page 26 to 98]
Food in relation to health Milk and Pasteurisation of
—26 milk—72
Balanced diet—29 Preservation of food—87
Nutritional deficiencies—46 Adulteration of food—88
Vitamin deficiencies—48 Power of Food Inspector—91
Malnutrition and its Food Poisoning—91
Prevention (PCM/PEM)—58 Diseases from food—92
Assessment of Nutritional Dieto therapy—95
status—68
 CHAPTER-III
AIR, LIGHT, SUNSHINE IN RELATION TO HEALTH
[Page 99 to 116]
Air and its importance—99 Overcrowding—103
Composition of air—99 Purification of air—105
How air becomes impure—100 Ventilation—106
What are the effect of the Lighting—114
changes of air on man—102 Sunshine—115
CHAPTER-IV
EFFECT OF CLIMATE
(Page 117 to 128]
Climate—117 Temperature—119
Humidity—118 Pressure—124

CHAPTER-V
PERSONAL HYGIENE
[Page 129 to 145]
Personal Hygiene and its Exercises—138
main objects—129 Health care and avoid
Various health care—130 able habits—142
Cleanliness—131 Health Care of a house
Clothing—134 wife for maintaining
Food—135 her—144
Sleep and rest—137
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PART-II
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
•

CHAPTER-VI

ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
{Page 146 to 149]
 CHAPTER-VII
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
[Page 150 to 161]
Pollution—150 Prevention of air
Various pollutants and their pollution—157
sources—150 Air borne diseases and their
Effect of pollution on control— 160
health—153
CHAPTER-VIII
WATER IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASES
[Page 162 to 217]
Properties of water—163 Effects of impurities of water
Biological importance of on health—191
water—164 Water borne disease—193
Uses of water— 166 Purification of water—199
Quantity of water required (In the cities 203,
—166 Villages—201)
Quality of water—168 Filteration of water—206
Sources of water—171 Hardness of water—210
Water Supply of Rural Removal of hardness of
Areas—181 water—212
Calcutta Water Supply— Hydrological cycle—216
185
Impurities of water—190
CHAPTER-IX
DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCREATA, REFUSE
[Page 218 to 259]
Disposal of Human Excreta Disposal of refuse—248
in villages—218 Manure Pits—258
Septic Tank—228
 CHAPTER-X
DISINFECTION AND SANITATION OF A FAIR OR MELA
[Page 260 to 280]
Types of disinfection—260 Practical disinfection in cer-
Precurrent, concurrent and tain situations and particular
terminal—260 cases like-smallpox.
Various disinfactants—263 Tuberculosis cholera and
Insecticides—265 typhoid—267
Larvicides—265 Sanitation of a fair or mela—
272

PART-III
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
CHAPTER-XI
EPIDEMIOLOGY
[Page 281 to 288)
Epidemic and Epidemiology Epedemic and its prevention
—282 and control—287
General Principles—284

CHAPTER-XII
INFECTIONS
[Page 289 to 307]
Infection—289 Isolation—296
Various methods of Quarantine—296
infection—292 Vector and vector control—300
Basic Principle for Mechanical, biological
control and prevention of and healthy carriers—300
infectious disease—295 Housefly and fly control—304
Notification—296 Arthopod's borne disease—307
 CHAPTER-XIII
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
[Page 308 to 393]
Communicable disease—309 Tuberculosis—339
How they occur?—310 Housing—348
Droplet Infection—312 Smallpox and Chickenpox—
Incubation period—313 349
Cholera—316 Malaria—362
Gastro enteritis-Diarrhoea Filaria—372
& Dysentery—322 Rabies—374
Infective hepatitis—324 Leprosy—379
Hookworm—328 Endemic goitre—389
Soil borne diseases—333 Beriberi—391
Poliomyelitis—335 .
Polio vaccines—338 Pellagra—392

PART-IV
HEALTH FOR ALL BY 2000-AD
CHAPTER-XIV
{Page 394 to 430]
Immunity-Immunology Immunization active and
prophylaxis—395 passive—402
Immunity and Prophylaxis—412
immunization—395 Routine immunization
Natural and artificial procedure, recommended
immunity—398 schedule —417

CHAPTER-XV
DEMOGRAPHY AND FAMILY PLANNING
(Page 431 to 454]
Demography—431 Contraceptive methods—441
Population growth and Contraceptives. M.T.P. and
demographic data—432 sterilization—446
Various demographic Advantages of Family
features—435 Planning—450
Importance of population National Family P l a n n i n g
projects—437 Programme a n d its
Family P l a n n i n g its organisational set u p — 4 5 1
definition a n d needs-—437 Present attitude t o w a r d s
Family Planning—453

CHAPTER-XVI

MATERIAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE

[Page 455 to 469]

Definations a i m s & its Antenatal care—458
objectives—455 5 Points Programme—463
Under Five Clinics—464 Maternal Mortality Rate—465
Infant Mortality Rate—465

CHAPTER-XVII

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES

[470 to 479]
lts need a n d m a i n objects Duties of Medical Officer as a
—470 m e m b e r of school committee
Basic c o m p o n e n t s of or Board—472
School Health Programme
—471

CHAPTER-XVIII

PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE

[Page 480 to 486]

PHC's constitution a n d Multipurpose worker s c h e m e
staff p a t t e r n a n d their and community health worked
activities—480 scheme—486
F u n c t i o n s of a Medical
Officer Incharge of PHC's
—484
 CHAPTER-XIX
MEDICAL STATISTICS
(Page 487 to 504]
Vilal Statistics—487 Population Census—492
Health Statistics—490 Vital Events—493
Morbidity Statistics-493

CHAPTER-XX
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
(Page 505 to 515)
W.H.O.—505 U.N.I.C.E.F.—509
F.A.O.—510 E.S.I.—511

HEALTH FOR ALL BY 2000 A.D.

(Page 516 to 519)

PART-V

QUICK REFERENCE CHARTS

(Page 520 to 536)

PART-VI

MULTIPLE CHOICE OF QUESTIONS

(Page 537 to 548)

PART-VII

PRACTICAL PART
(Page 549 to 581]
I. Demonstrations—550 8. Growth & development
of infant & "Underfive"—
II. Lesson—551 573
1. Information about com-
9. Maternal&childhealth
munity—551
& family planning—574
2. Family &generalhealth
10. Case Presentations:
examination—555
3. Housing, disposal of Tuberculosis. Leprosy.
Filaria. Fever/Malaria,
refuse & sewage; water
Gastroenteritis, P.E.M.
supply—561 Goitre, Fluorosis, Car-
4. Collection of water fpr ies, Rickets. Vitamin
chemical & bacteriolögi- deficiencis, Measles. In-
cal examination—565 fective hepatitis.
5. Methods of chlorina- Worm infestation. An-
aemia, Skin diseases
tion—566
(scables, ringworm, pyo-
6. Nutritional assess- derma.) Heart diseases.
ment—568 Diabetes. Whooping
cough etc—578
7. Infact & underfive feed-
ing & rearing—571 11. Guidelines for the Les-
sons—580

A P P E N D I C E S Q U E S T I O N E R I E S & INDEX
(Page 582 to 601)
 Balaram Jana
Community Medicine: Preventive &
Social Medicine

614 pages, pb
publication 2003

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