HEALTH AND SANITATION DATA - TASHKENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A003400050009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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City: Tashkent. Uzbekistan
I. GENERAL
:Direct communication
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Health and Sanitation Data - Tashkent
PLACE
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ACQUIRED BY SOURCE
(a) By rail: Moscow
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DATE DISTR. may-1-951
NO. OF PAGES 3
NO. OF ENCLS.
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(b) By airline: There is aJXline service
COA : 40% Russian population, remainder Uzbeks, Kirgiz and Tadzhiks
COMMUNITY HEALTH CONDITIONS
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births): 30-50%
.III. WATER
(a) Does the city have a public water supply system? Yes, but hot.hot water.
(b) Is the public system aiequate to furnish water to whole population?
2o.
(c) What is the daily consumption of water in city? Low.
(d), How is sanitary quality of water checked? A-.listapf'.ca 'ring is u 6i( og
prefer river water.)
(e) Is the water from the public supply safe to use without further
treatment such as boiling? No.
(f) What water did, you drink?i Riven cW taeez watts fran.:t a pu upp1j sypte
(g)? Are bottled waters used extensively? No.
(h) What other sources of supply are in-use in the city? We4q, river.
IV. FOOD
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(a) Slaughtering
(1) There is a penalty for
(b) Handling meats
(c) Markets
(1) Government markets are
193, one egg could be
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(d) There is no control over ff
2. Milk
illegal slaughter.
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(a) How is cow's milk distributed? 5-10%
g..'b4e4 e~ .re8ier7the milk from dairies. .este llrie ~pac>t~6x^hsino
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(b) What percent of milk available is pasteurized? 10%.
(c) What percent of dairy cattle are tuberculin tested? 90+%. By whom? Go rnment
doctors travel and care for cattle better than-for.people.
(d) Does any official agency control the sanitary quality of milk? Yes.
Disposal Systems
(a) Lice'
(1) There are "disinfectors" in every railway station and one must show
by certificate that he has been de-loused before he can board a
train. Tjaese certificates , are easy to buy. In effect, the disinfectors
do more to spread lice them to control the spread. There are plenty
of lice among. the poor.
(b) There is no organized method of control over flies, rodents and fleas.
#. Pest:Cortrol (Organized method of control):
V. MEDICAL ANH HOSPIT L FACILITIES
1. Number of hospitals., Many. .. good ones.
2. Total number of charity beds.-- lone
3. Are the following types of service available:
(a) Medical? Yes.
(b? Surgical?. Yes,.
(c Dental? .Yes. Dental care is the easiest of medical care to get, but it
(d)
(e)
adry" dead.:
Are human excreta used for fertilizing land? Yes.__(p?ka3y ~r gam:>dl)cibers),
Are vegetables grown locally on such land? Yes.
Is there a drainage system adequate to carry surface runoff? Probably not.
Is there a general collection of garbage? Yes. How often?. Daily.
Is'other refuse collected? Corpses are collected. daily. ,
What ultimate disposal is-made of garbage? People look through garbage.
Of other refuse? Garbage collector.
What method is used for disposal of the dead? By burial. Little care is
Is cii.ffic un to,_ootain false teetYx>
Nursing? Good.
Obstetrical? Probably not.
COM 'J!: Most drugs are not obtainable, even with a prescription. Codainepan
bought and a cocaine-like Drug (Yohimbine?) is also obtainable. The
. LOCAL HEALTH AND WELFARE ADMINIS NATION
1. Are there active divisions of., Tuberculosis control? No. Venereal Disease?
No, Maternity, infant?' 16.., Child Health? Yes. Social Services for fol.low-
up of infectious diseases? No.
What non-Government health organizatNons operate in the-city or its environs?
None.
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Are cases of communicable diseases reported? .. It is compulsory to go to the
dottc r. It is considered sab-otagh._to otherwise.
4. What immunization procedures are applied to children? Generally good..
What immunization procedures'are applied to the general public? Typhus,
smallpp, y immunization aga-Lnst tetanus.
VII. CONCLUSIONS 01 NTH AND SANITATION DATA
1. Personal ti inip . oa eneral conditions.
Available msrlical cars 0 Good
Climatic effect on Children
Climatic effect on women
Climatic effect on men
Available dents. car'e'
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2. What special precautions must be taken
and mental health? Food and freedom.
VIII. SU TAL, ('UESTIONS
1. Education
in order. to remain in good physical
(a) Describe and evaluate briefly the locally. available primary and high-
school facilities. Indicate particularly at what levels and in what schools
i b to ht ' . ar platy, of schoo s, ?, iat i Ruseia is bIftbek,
Goad bui.l ugsW No English is taught. From the-age of 7ml achild
must attend school. At 17, one may go to college or university.
(b) Describe briefly the .facilities of the recognized colleges or univer-
sities which are:available within the cO entry, = indicating their location:
Engi.eeringPolyteehnikum