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

The Health Survey and Development Committee was appointed by the Government of India in October 1943 to survey the health conditions and services in British India. Its chairman was Joseph William Bhore, an Indian Civil Service officer. In its four-volume report, the Committee recommended integrating curative and preventive medicine at all levels, developing primary healthcare units in rural areas, and major changes in medical education. Volume III is a compendium of the reports, correspondence and other documents consulted for the report. It contains 57 annexures and a list of 206 memoranda, items of personal communication, notes by experts and sub-committee reports (appendix 57) that informed the survey. The Bhore Committee, as it was also known, consulted the 1941 population census and the survey reports of 11 administrative provinces to make its recommendations. These documents were used to estimate the extent of healthcare coverage, the personnel needed, and the healthcare services required for the national health plan that the Committee had proposed. The highlight of these reports was the inclusion of the social determinants of health, including child care and nutrition, town planning, and environmental conditions...