THE SANITATION SERVICE IN THE USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 520
• Publication Date: August 22, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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1La e!t'uture ~ lie Sam: -_21o0 Inspections of the Union Republics.
in ti::s is analogous to that of the Central Public
Sanitation Inie~rttf,,....e 4L ...e
Sanitation Inspector. or s adainistra,.ioa is called the Chief
He is directly subordinate to the Minister of Public
Health and serves as his deputy. The following are subordinate to the Chief
Sanitation Inspector:
(a) The Main Antiepidemic Administration
(b) The Central Public Sanitation Inspection of the USSR
c) Chief Sanitation Inspectors of the Union Republic
d) Administration of the Municipal-Housing Sanitation Inspection of the USSR
(e Administration of the Public Industrial Sanitation Inspection
if Departmental Sanitation Inspections' and Services
(g Sanitary-iygienic Scientific-Research Institutes
2. Sanitation agencies in the USSR have a great sang different branches. For this
reason the Chief Public Sanitation Inspector has deputies in charge of differ-
ent branches and a large staff of operational and scientific personnel.
3. The at important tasks of the Central Public Gn+A+4. -
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(a) lihnage and control the activities of the republic chief public sanitation
inspectors. and departmental sanitation services.
(b) Compile accounts and reports for the Ministry of Public Health and the
Council of 1Nnisters
(c) Pork out projects in line with Party and government decisions on various
sanitation-hygiene "low
(d) Prepare various sanitatic-hygiene instructions and circulars, exercise
control over their compliance, take legal action (reprisals) against vio-
lators of such instructions and circulars.
4. The second link in the organisation of the sanitation service in the soviet
Union are the Central P
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5. The third link in the organization of the sanitation service in the Soviet Union
are the territorial (kray) and regional (oblast) public sanitation inspections.
They are directly subordinate to the chief public sanitation inspector for the
Union Republics. The structure of the territorial and regional sanitation in-
spections is analogous to the structure of the Central Public Sanitation Inspection
of the USSR. However, instead of scientific-research institutes they have selen-
tific-research stations. All these stations are directly subordinate to the
territorial or regional public sanitation inspector and operate under his super-
vision and control.
6. The fourth link in the organization of the sanitation service in the Soviet Union
are the Municipal Public Sanitation Inspections. Their structure is similar to
that of the territorial and regional public sanitation inspections. As a rule,
towns in the Soviet Union are broken down into rayons. Thus every town rayon has
its own rayon sanitation stations which are subordinate to the central sanitation
station of the town. The Public Sanitation Inspectors of Moscow, Leningrad,of
the capitals of Union Republics, are directly subordinate to the chief public
sanitation inspector for the Union Republics. Public sanitation inspectors of all
other towns are directly subordinate to the regional (oblast) public sanitation
inspector.
7. The fifth link in the organization of the sanitation service in the Soviet Union
are the District (Rayon) Public Sanitation Inspectors. Subordinate to them are
District Sanitation Stations (usually one). On the staff of a rayon sanitation
station are usually: Epidemiologist, sanitary-food physician, municipal-bousing
physician, malaria specialist and a specialist in sanitation indoctrination. In
addition to the physicians on the staff of these stations there are assistants to
the sanitation physicians, disinfectors, vaccinators and quinine dispensers.
8. It is possible that additional public sanitation inspections or sanitation services
which serve other branches of industry (chemical, building, forest, etc) are
subordinate to the Central Public Sanitation Inspection.
9. A Ministry of the Maritime Fleet and Ministry of the River Fleet (water transport)
sanitation service operated in the Central Public Sanitation Inspection of the
USSR and served the Maritime Fleet and River Transport,
10. In June 1956, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR re-organized the
River Fleet Ministry of the USSR. This re-organization consists of the following:
((a The All-Union Ministry of the River Fleet is abolished (liquidated)
(b) In its place, Republic River Fleet Ministries (wbereever required) are set up,
for instance:
The River Fleet Ministry for the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federated Socialist
Republic)
The River Fleet Ministry for the USSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)
11. Accordingly, River Fleet enterprises and organizations will become subordinate to
the River Fleet Ministries of the corresponding Union Republics and the Giver Fleet
Ministries will be subordinate to the Council of Ministers of the corresponding
Union Republics and from there on up to the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
12. Heretofore, River Fleet enterprises and organizations were subordinate to the River
Fleet Ministry of the USSR, by-pissing the government of Union Republics, and the
River Fleet Ministry of the US& was subs `irate directly to the Council of Minis-
ters of the USSR.
13. In this connection ~ a change is likely be sade in the organisation of
*.his change (pro-
the Mtritix and Pte--- --t sanitation service.
vided it will be made) will be as follows:
(a) Only the sanitation service of the Y ritine Fleet Ministry will regain in the
system of the Central Public Sanitation Inspection of the USSR.
(b) Problems affecting River Transport will not be taken up by this service.
(c) Sanitation service problems in River Transport will be taken care of by the
Public Sanitation Inapeeticros of the corresponding Union Republics.
14. Pbssib}.y in the.. union Rspublics wbze River Float Ministries (Republican) have
been not up, River Fleet Ministry Sanitation services will be organised which will
be?directly subordinate to the .orrasIaolbg Republican Central Public Jaaitaticn
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