Open AccessPUBLIC HEALTH WORK IN INDIA
Author(s) -
Harry N. Jenks
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.12.943
Subject(s) - hinduism , work (physics) , public health , environmental health , geography , medicine , engineering , religious studies , philosophy , nursing , mechanical engineering
For a type of Hindu conception of sanitary precaution, Mr. Jenks notes three kinds of "boiled" water: first, water merely heated till it steams; second, really boiled, but then strained through dirty cloths, and, third, really boiled, but cooled by adding raw water. Such practices and the distribution of drinking water in leather sacks, customs universally observed like the great gatherings of pilgrims, together with religious prejudices make sanitary progress very slow.
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