ZDRAVSTVENA ZAŠTITA U VARDARSKOJ MAKEDONIJI 1919-1929.
HEALTH CARE IN VARDAR MACEDONIA (1919-1929)

Summary/Abstract: One of the main practical problems in Vardar Macedonia was the organization of a system of social assistance and health care for the inhabitants of this region. Medical care was provided through the newly formed health stations and centers in each borough. For the village population these institutions meant the possibility of immediate contact with medical workers. Another important step was the introduction of bacteriological laboratories in Skopje (1921), Bitola (1922), Stip (1924) and Struga (1924), which marked the first step to successful treatment of tropical diseases, rampant in this area. The Institute of Hygiene in Skopje became, as soon as it was founded in 1925, the leading institution for planning and promoting various means of providing social assistance and health care for the inhabitants of Vardar Macedonia. As a result of its scientific achievement, the Institute of Hygiene became one of the most significant centers for the study of tropical diseases. This Institute also administered the construction of water supply systems throughout Macedonia and was responsible for the building of eighty-three water supply systems, ninety wells, forty-two artesian wells, forty-seven cappings in one-hundred-eighty places, which supplied 120.000 inhabitants with drinking water.

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