NOTES ON HEALTH AND SANITATION IN THE CITY OF MOSUL, AND NEARBY VILLAGE OF HAVRESK

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 301
• Publication Date: March 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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( ) ihn;:.ump ?n of t:: to i u pro1abl:,' vur; lob! Judging from then :aaoI,inl;
:"CI I : n the 'aiu face L1 of the street::
1 o t L tc hotel tap:, had c LronC odor of chlot i1,tr,
25X1X G .1il;n6u. :esit:.t gyn. i3otttled water:; :a:c offered in the hotel'
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IK3ici not use them. These bottles were loosely corked, and of%,m rccGhe
o th-. on the inside, vier :Wows?
((I) i:o k3.ou'r~ :hu 1-:;V0. ; water is ucca by :ucny in the city, and ,eiA! nl:;
the .n1: Porn: :.1 and villa;;e population, where women coul.r oc :;cen
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Mosul:
Lhe i.tal .1n.! .._. sect city) of the cour.l;rv. ;?osul is on the upper rcuch; of
the Tim'.:: :.. _-oiling plain country; the elevation of this north:~!rn par's
A .:o i;aotuitain area, affords a cooler urid less; humid
r:nderti llisou.,_.~, i?:al. _ ._ hool:.;o:rt. .;.~..c.UiasiG outer enter cl :end
..-ulnutrlitio:I are common to lilac part of the country, judging from a visit to
the i~r ;;overnr..ent hoap:i;:a~. at Bat;hdad . Anemia afflicts a lark, par", of :he
uOanL?./ population i:l?inripalLy through hookworm, and l;,alnutrition U" both.
Wate ??:
z ;?t,stt!. appears to have a (rater stela for at least it part of ,:he city
"le)rote!d a oap of large clirvai;ed tarsi::;, and a pumpinly,plant vIlich dew It.,;
1 ?,. from vc].1..:, in the cecti.on of lie city near the RLilvay ,tvti.on I'ote l
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(a) There appears to be no inspection or sanitary co-i :rol clVe`? 'c `r c- i
(b) i?Li1i: __, principally goat and sheep milk. `!'here may be some
available, as in Baghdad, where an English company does operate a da_ir - nd
distributes a 5afepasteurized: .iilk.,
(c) The city probably does not have a sanitary sewerage system. Frivics are on
the roofs of buildings near the outer walls; the excreta vaults are built into
the thicl: walls, and when full, a hole is made in the wall, and the ?,rastc
out of torn, to be used as fertilizer.
(d) There are crater-flushed toilets in the Railway Station Hotel, prouabL"
served septic tanks. Waste water seen in the city runs in tric les do'.rn tale
center of side streets. None was seen in the main streets. Apparent 1': there
some co:?1, of sewer under these streets; the end cf this sewer empties into ari
open :iitch in Lhe lower end of town not far from the railway station; this waiver
is 3er>tic, is of rather small volume, and probably finds its way to the riv z.
(e) - there is very little garbage, and refuse is at a minimuun. There
are street: z 1eencrs and the streets are free generally of animal dro r
1P--r.0s,
which no doubt are used for fertilizer.
(f) Human e::creta may be seen in any vacant lot in ,he town, and somctir.:e:;
alen" the walls bordering the "sidewalks," and the odor of urine i ove:?pocn:rrrr;
along come of these stretches of walls. It is more pleasant to wall: in thv
street, off the "curb," and if one takes a short-cut through a vacant area, he
watchea his step.
(t,) Buria-l in the ground is the method of disposal of the dead.
(h) I:1 ti:e places spraying of insecticide was copious aad con-
tinuous, for fly control; the odor of kerosene solvent was common any a taiin
film of oil on everything was usually noticeable. i?So? uitoor area 'o. c. lc also,
thou;,h not unu.ually so during May. no informc:'oio . o;:
rodents, fleas or lice.
'ihcre ic one government hospital of abouc 100 to 200 beds fur all scCrncrits of
fire puuiic. There are native and European doctors. A general type of ::cruise
is available, i,ut perhaps dentistry is not.
:ro of an active local health and welfare servic: a,:c ut:
hospital ,_i /.c. c..
r: iu:;_:r.5 or .:nd 3a:,itation Data:
(a) Health cndi-ions, poor; sanitation, very poo medical :au-c, _ od?
c:limscic effect, probably good; in this respect it resembled the Sacramento
(Califor?ni.a) valley-foothill country, as it did physically, excsp-,, fa: -in --L-
most complete lac: of trees and brush,
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It would sec,., that Good phyc:?cal 1,.ialth would dcp,~nd on e:trrt pre :c:uLi.
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to p
ror,cci: and 2rocess foods, protection a ;ainct insect-born discase, _rl:n`.l
Lion ~;~phc':i.d, Para-typhoid and smallpox. (Also diphthc. i.a L.r:ii 1>c:
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:: L ; c,:i ;I>n;:?criL l y free to all children, though 1 recall see i nC, onl ?
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of :?c .uJ.; probably only a small .ie:i tentage of chi;.cl:?e?P
gorse of the teen-age boys could rpe.d: a little Rn.-i.ch.
rnu1iouse village of about 1.00 families, locates: iu .,J
111 lc::c north Of l?.OSCr1 a11: .,OVeral. liner east of till: .,. .._ ..,, :!I
ccl or: I::c.cadcw: road in fair condi .::rcpt for the ,.-1
7":_. hor t io:, over a 1 .L::ost r acl:t ti open field, '.',C
11.:1 ...irdly Le neon. (Not ne ,~t.. ble when raining;, )
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