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Quarantine laws
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More hygienic birthing practices
emphasis on providing safe and hygienic birthing conditions with trained and registered midwives and doctors. This contributed to a reduction in maternal and infant mortality rates. -
Elimination of housing slums- introduction of better-quality housing
Regulations to improve housing conditions were introduced, which required all houses to be built with drains and, where possible, be connected to a sewerage system or cesspit -
Improved food nutrition
Penalities were introduced to protect the safety of food and public. -
Improved working conditions
Providing better ventilation and toilet and introduction to minimum wage -
Establishment of public health campaigns
Government provided funding to the states for the introduction of tuberculosis and venereal disease public health campaigns to address the high level of mortality and morbidity from these diseases. -
provision of antenal and infant welfare services
Resulting in better quality milk, an increased breastfeeding rates and reducing fertility rates contributes further to improvement in infant mortality rates