Research On Summer Health Campaign From A Public Health Perspective(1935-1937)

A During the period of the Nanjing National Government,the New Life Movement Promotion Association,in view of the frequent occurrence of epidemics during the summer season,if not strictly prevented,"small ones would endanger personal life,and large ones would harm the health of the people",specially organized the summer sanitation campaign as its summer season work.The campaign is generally scheduled from May to August,in order to achieve the goal of "reducing people’s diseases and protecting people’s health".In 1935,only a few regions held this campaign.From the following year,the New Life Movement Promotion Association issued the "Outline of the Summer Sanitation Campaign Work Plan of the New Life Movement Promotion Association of Various Regions" to guide the work of various regions,which expanded the scope of the campaign to ten nationwide.In more than provinces,cities,and railway lines,the scale and influence of the summer sanitation campaign have been expanded.The development of the summer health campaign is based on the new sports promotion associations at all levels,and the local government,party ministry,health agency,police agency,military agency,education agency,and civilian organizations are combined to form the summer health campaign committees of various regions,and set up several functions The departments are responsible for various specific tasks in the campaign.The funds required for the campaign are raised by the participating agencies,and the implementation staff and workers in some public places are provided with hygiene training before the start of the campaign.The measures implemented in the campaign can be roughly divided into three categories: the first is to promote and popularize health knowledge,mainly by means of health lectures,health exhibitions and demonstrations,and the posting of health slogans;Hygiene rectification and inspection,disinfection of toilets,and management of fecal filth in business premises;third is to adopt epidemic prevention measures,such as immunization of the public to improve the overall immunity of the society,mosquitoes and flies,and drinking water disinfection to control the transmission of infectious diseases Wait.In short,the summer health campaign is a kind of social public health construction behavior led by the government and participated by all social groups.The development of the summer sanitation campaign is not only influenced by the inherent "tidy and clean" creed of the New Life Movement,it is also inseparable from the promotion and promotion of Western public health concepts in modern times.As the seasonal work of the New Life Movement,the development of the Summer Health Campaign not only helped to achieve the actual needs of summer saving epidemic prevention,but also promoted the improvement of the public health level during the Republic of China.It is an important part of the development of public health in modern China..The holding of the Summer Health Campaign reflects that the government has gradually adopted scientific and standardized measures to "lead" the public health undertakings in modern times.This is also a microcosm of the transformation of Chinese society from traditional to modern.