Report of the Health Survey and Development Committee: Vol. I

The Health Survey and Development Committee was appointed by the Government of India in October 1943 to make a broad survey of health conditions and services in British India. Its chairman was Joseph William Bhore, an Indian Civil Service officer. The Committee recommended the integration of curative and preventive medicine at all levels, the development of primary health care centres, and major changes in medical education. Volume I of the Committee's four-volume report draws a picture of the state of public health in India and the organisation of health services. In December 1941, Japan’s entry into the Second World War had adverse effects on India. Thus, the statistical and other information in this report was limited to the year 1941 and the preceding 10 years.