vol 17 no 2,2017

The health aspects in Al-Karak and its neighbrhood region in the Emirate (1921-1946 AD)

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Abstract

This research addresses the health aspects in Al-Karak and its neighbrhood region in the Emirate  during the period (1921-1946 AD) by identifying the development of health services in Al Karak in terms of the numbers of doctors and hospitals, indicating the most important communicable diseases that were  prevalent in Al Karak  during that period, in addition to  making  tables showing the number of casualties as well as the number of fatalities, as well as the most important actions that were taken by the government in the face of communicable diseases and in improving the health status .This research relied mainly  on the annual reports of the Department of Public.

Key words : AL-Karak , region in the Emirate, Communicable diseases.

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