English Translation

324 40. Health Office : The tasks of the health service are carried out by the Health Department X and the Cityphysicist. The distribution of administrative and technical matters among two independent departments hindered the development of the urban health service. In this area, it is particularly clear how inappropriate it is to transfer the initiative to a unit and to carry it out in an office. In Prague, a significant part of the health care that is otherwise run by the cities has been taken over by voluntary institutions, because the need for urban services has been neglected. In particular in the field of tuberculosis care, maternal care, the care of the mentally weak and morally endangered children, etc., voluntary institutions are active in place of the city, which are subsidized by the town, the state and social insurance institutions. Efforts are under way to bring together health care in line with the model of the old Reich with the city's health administration. Voluntary institutions are to be limited to economic care, while health care is to be entirely in the hands of the city administration. The establishment plan is provided for the possibility of taking over the tasks in question. According to the situation of 28.2.1942, employed were: Senior animal officials Cataqotor Intermediate auxiliary staff : Physicians of the high-level service Servants of the health service 3 8 4 6 16 11 51 City physique 104 4 6 47 164 - - 107 8 4 13 25 58 215