One of the most interesting parts of the report deals with the health organization envisaged for the provinces. At each provincial' capital. there is to be a provincial health centre, ce-operating with and to some extent supervising the smaller centres elsewhere in the province. When functioning fully these centres witl consist of the following departments:
Hsining is the capital of Chinghai Province, the population of which consists parily of nomadic Mongols and Tibetans. Medical attention was until recently entirely unknown. A provincial centre has however been established with a well-equipped laboratory. In a few weeks over
against smallpox: Similar progress 20000, persons "were vaccinated reported from Ninghsia.
Farmers not Neglected It is a frequent criticism of reconstructive activities that they benefit the urban population to a much greater extent than the farmers. The report states that the NEC. is fully alive to this tendency, and is Getermined to give the farmers square deal. It plans therefore to set up health centres in the country districts, on a smaller scale than the centres in the provincial capitals but according toa similar pattern. The national health programme looks forward to a centre in every Hsien in China. (So far the greatest progress has been made in Kiangsi Province.)
In the Notth West a start was made with a number of rural centres in Shensi. Dr. Stampar gives interesting details. In one, for example, nearly 100,000 vaccinations against smallpox have been given. In another:
"20 schools are under the care of the centre with 1388 students of which
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