An Environmental Analysis of Households Health Issues in Sivagangai City of Tamilnadu

Abstract

Home is to some extent responsible for the state of man’s health and well being. It is difficult however, to demonstrate the specific cause and effect relationship because housing embraces so many facts of environment. Housing the closely related to economic growth and it is a part of the overall socio economic system and cannot be wealth with isolation. After food and clothing shelter is the basic need for a family because it reflects the living conditions of people. Poor housing facilities would create health problems. There are different kinds of houses with varying degrees of facilities. Some houses are bigger and more spacious and others are smaller. Some houses are simply constructed with mud walls and thatched roots where as others are constructed with brick walls and tiled roof. Few houses have several rooms and others with only one room where they cook, eat and sleep. They are houses constructed in spacious areas with a back yard and front yard and certain in a very congested area. Housing and sanitation plays a vital role in promoting health status of the respondents. Hence, the aspects such as type of diseases, health centre availability and determinants of annual household medical expenditure.