Rizal Province directory, Volume I.

PUBLIC HEALTH
SANITARY ORGANIZATION
One of the important offices in the Provincial Government
of Rizal is that of the District Health Officer. Under its administration the province is divided into 12 sanitary divisions, each
of which is comprising from 1 to 4 municipalities although the
average is 3. Every division is taken charge of by one President of the Sanitary Division who is a registered physician.
In turn, each municipality in a division has sanitary inspectors ranging from 1 to 3 according to the size of the municipality and its importance. Besides the mentioned personnel
there are nine district nurses who are assigned where their
service is most needed.
HEALTH FINANCES
The so-called Provincial Health Fund supports the public
health organization of the Province. This fund is a combination of the municipal and provincial funds. It requires to
maintain the local health department, an average of P58,847.00
The health fund is used only for the purpose of paying
the salaries and traveling expenses of the health personnel, for
the purchase of surgical and medical supplies and disinfectants
to be distributed to the municipalities.
HEALTH CONDITIONS
The health condition of the province may be judged by the
following average for the last 5 years:
Crude death rate..... 25.08 + or - 0.063 per
1,000 population
Infant mortality.... 223.7 + or - 3.34 per
1,000 births
Communicable diseases endangering the health of the community is practically nil in the province. If any, it never appeared in the epidemic form. Dreadful diseases as cholera and
smallpox are no longer known.
More than any single disease, tuberculosis of the lungs
shares by 18% of the total deaths. Bronchopulmonary diseases
excepting tuberculosis, by 21 % average for 5 years period. These
are common among infants as are diarrhoea and infantile beriberi.
SOME IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN 1933
Fo rthe purpose of public relief, the health office through
its 27 dispensaries in the province, gave 31,000 treatments to
indigent patients.
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