Browsing by Author "Sarkar, Monoranjan"

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Malaria in Jalpaiguri: The History of an Epidemic Disease from 1869-1947
(University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Sarkar, Monoranjan
This article is aimed to examine the spread of malaria disease and its socio-environment impact in the tea plantations area of Jalpaiguri district in colonial India. In recent times there are so many scholars who have studied the environment and health of colonial Bengal, unfortunately, missed Jalpaiguri as their study area or though mentioned only an or few lines on it. Hence present article proposes to examine a detailed study in this theme. The source materials are exclusively collected from the different literary texts, reports, statistical accounts etc. composed by the colonial officers and that of 'the indigenous writers; some of the original sources of have been collected from the officials of different Tea Estates and West Bengal State Achieves.
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Western Medicine and Public Health Services in Jalpaiguri ( 1866 to 1947)
(University of North Bengal, 2024) Sarkar, Monoranjan; Bhattacharya, Dahlia
cultural fixities of the victims. Acceptance of inhabitants' people's responses and reactions to the Western health system will be discussed. Establishing quarantines was the first expected reaction of the British administration during this epidemic. Special attention was paid to boats atTiving from cholera-infected areas. Both the land and waterways were also important in the colonial health and medicine history of Jalpaigun. Overland outposts were arranged with procedures and procurement of health sanitary systems. At the same time quarantine measmes in Jalpaiguri were designed to prevent the entry of cholera into the region through waterways because more people relied on water transport than overland routes. To guarantee control, all water systems that led to the town and villages were under the supervision of the authorities. Time, however. proved the ineffectiveness of quarantines. Finally, the chapter Medical Practitioners, Midwives, and Nurse.'i examines the activities of medical practitioners both locals and European. The indigenous dai system and a brief discussion on the Midwife's role in Jalpaiguri have been included in this chapter. The trained midwives were in great demand and were often hired by hospitals, nursing homes, municipalities, and health centers when necessary. In Jalpaiguri one of the most important institutions for training nurses and midwifery was Ramkrishna Ashram. Such training centers were attached to the Hospital in Jalpaiguri. These more experienced nurses played an important role in the spread of the Western medical system in Jalpaiguri. The last part of the thesis includes the observations and concluding remarks.