“Healthy soul prevails in the Healthy body”
"Salus populi supreme lax" or the safety of the people is the supreme law, an ancient Roman quote.
Providing better health amenities with prolonging healthy life is the prime responsibility of every sovereign government at national and international fora. Health services are placed as one of the top most accountability of government in its agenda.
Recognizing the importance of healthy society various acts namely Tamil Nadu Public Health Act 1939, Madras City Municipal Act 1919, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Birth & Death Registration Act 1969 and various other acts are formulated by the government of Tamil Nadu from time to time at regular intervals.
Chennai is fortunate of being the capital of state as whatever policies and acts are designed for state are first implemented in the city to assess its impact. The Health Department of Chennai is the prime authority taking care of health policies in the city of Chennai. It is one of the oldest departments established under the control of Corporation of Chennai. The major responsibilities of the department are primary health care, control of communicable diseases, regulation of D & O trades, general sanitation, vital statistics, maintenance of burial grounds and slaughter houses are the principal duties of health department.
For the proper implementation of its responsibilities the health department has an adequate number of man power and material to control the spread of communicable diseases and proper implementation of all National Health Programmes and other public health activities.
The prime responsibilities of the department are stated below:
• Control of Communicable Diseases
• Treatment of minor Ailments through Dispensaries
• Vector Borne Disease Control
• Revised National Tuberclosis Control Programme
• Preventation of Food Adulteration
• Environmental Sanitation
• Diagnostic Laboratory Services
• School Health Programme
• HIV/AIDS Control Programme FHA
• Slum Health Programme
• Registration of Vital Events
• Veterinary Public Health
• Disaster Management
Thus it can be said the Health Department of Chennai is continuously engaged in rendering the best available health services to its citizens. For more information about Health Department of chennai, please
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