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On earth every living creature has a home of its own desire & need. House
provide them shelter & environment for growing & living. Environment & sanitation
of area where an individual is living are important for health of people. Health is
affected by factors like light, air, water, crowding, sanitary facilities, noise etc
prevailing in residential environment. There is a dynamic equilibrium between man
and the external environment & disturbance in it lead to ill health. So to prevent
disturbance sanitation is important tool. So to understand this science lets see
what these component – House, Environment & sanitation are.
Residence: Limda Gau, Opp. Parul Engineering institute, Waghodia Road, Vadodara.
PARUL
ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE
VADODARA WAGHODIA
S.B.K.S. LIMDA
MEDICAL
INSTITUTE,
PIPALIYA PATIENT’S
HOUSE
(2) House:
2.1: Walls: Made up of Concrete & brick , Chuno
2.2: Floors: Tiled
2.3: Roof: Concrete (ground floor) / Tin (first floor)
2.4: Windows: only 2,(one in front & one backside) .
Windows are placed at the height of 3 ft from floor.
2.4: Rooms: Total 4 (3 rooms, 1 Varanda and kitchen.)
(3) Overcrowding: Present. There are only 4 rooms for persons which is not
sufficient.
(4) Ventilation: Inadequate. Except in Varanda, all rooms are inadequately ventilated.
Cross ventilation across the doors is present.
(5) Lighting: Source: electricity, Adequate
Tube lights: 4
Bulbs :3
Sunlight - inadequate
PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:
(1) Relationship with each other in the family: Good & co-operative.
(2) Peace between the family members : Yes
(3) Relationship with relatives : good
(4) Relationship with neighbors : good
COMMENTS: (Based on the above points) patient and her family members are good in
nature and they are taking adequate care of her.
Conclusion:
Patient is from lower class so housing condition is poor.
Environment is free from stress so it has no part contributing in patient’s high blood
pressure.
Overcrowding is present.
Lighting, ventilation, sanitation etc facilities are almost satisfactory so chances of
communicable diseases are prevalent in family of patient.
So in last but not least don’t forget what the great scientist said: