5 FOREWORD
  Chapter 1
  THE SOVIET UNION AND ITS PEOPLE
9 [introduction.]
10 Territory. Population
13 The Economy and Living Conditions
  Chapter 2
  THE GREAT OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
19 Public Health in Russia before the October Revolution
23 Formation of the Soviet Public Health System
28 The Great Patriotic War
29 Public Health Services in the USSR since 1945
  Chapter 3
  "HEALTH INDEX"
33 [introduction.]
34 Decrease in Mortality
37 Decrease in Disease Incidence
41 Improvement in Physical Development
43 Social Homogeneity in the General Health Improvement in the USSR
  Chapter 4
  BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE SOVIET HEALTH PROTECTION
46 State Socialist Character of Public Health
48 Free and Generally Available Medical Aid
51 Unified and Planned Public Health
54 Prophylactic Work
60 Dispensary Service
61 Divisional Organisation
62 Education in Hygiene and Sanitation
65 Connections between Medical Science and the Practical Work of Public Health Services
66 Participation of the Population in Public Health Work
  Chapter 5
  PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
70 [introduction.]
72 Main Curative and Prophylactic Institutions. The Problem of Specialisation
81 Medical Care for Industrial Workers
83 Medical Care in the Countryside
87 Medical Care for Women and Children
92 Sanitary and Epidemiological Services
95 Health Resorts and Sanatoriums
  Chapter 6
  PEOPLE IN WHITE GOWNS
98 [introduction.]
  Chapter 7
106 HEALTH INDUSTRY
  Chapter 8
110 MEDICAL SCIENCE, A BRANCH OF PUBLIC HEALTH
120 CONCLUSION • "Health Vaccine"
* * *
 

Notes