STUDY OF HOUSING

OF THE ALLOTTED
FAMILY

KINSHUK
MUKHERJEA
ROLL NO. 44
3rd SEMESTER
KPC MEDICAL
COLLEGE
 INTRODUCTION
AWHO expert group (1961) has
defined Housing as the physical
structure that man uses and the
environs of the structure including
all necessary services, facilities,
equipment and devices needed or
desired for the physical and
mental health and the social well
being of the family and the
individual
CRITERIA FOR HEALTHFUL
HOUSING
1. Healthful housing provides physical protection and
shelter;
2. Provides adequately for cooking, eating, washing and
excretory function;
3. Is designed, constructed, maintained and used in a
manner such as to prevent the spread of communicable
diseases;
4. Provides for protection from hazards of exposure to noise
and pollution;
5. Is free from unsafe physical arrangements due to
construction or maintenance and from toxic and harmful
materials; and
6. Encourages personal and community development,
promote social relationships, reflex a regard for ecological
principles, and by these means promotes mental health.
OBJECTIVES
Toassess the housing standards
of the allotted family.

Toassess any deviation from the

standard conditions.

To
suggest measures for the
improvement of the allotted
family.
METHODOLOGY
o Study Design Observational, Descriptive , Cross
Sectional study
o Study Period - 6th December 31st December 2016
o Study Area - Kushomba, Shimotola, Haldar Para,
Sonarpur, South 24 Paraganas
o Study Population 3 members
o Study Tools Measuring Tape, Newspaper, Camera,
Schedules
o Study Technique - Data were collected by
interviewing family members and taking
measurements where ever necessary.
Attending the briefing classes
Record Examination
Observation
 INTRODUCTION TO THE
FAMILY
Name of the Head of the family : Kazi
Imran
Address : - Kushomba, Shimotola, Haldar
Para, Sonarpur, South 24 Paraganas
No. of family members : 3 members

Type of family : Nuclear family (Extension

Phase)
Religion : Muslim

Language : Bengali

Total Income : 8000/-

Per Capita Income : 2666/-

Socio-Economic Status : Upper Lower

 FAMILY CHART
SL.NO NAME AGE SEX MARITA RELATIO
L N
STATUS WITH
H.O.F
01. KAZI 29 YRS MALE MARRIED SELF
IMRAN

02. NASIRA 25 YRS FEMALE MARRIED WIFE OF

KAZI H.O.F

03. KAZI 48 MALE SON OF

ISHAN MONTHS __ H.O.F
 FAMILY CHART
EDUCATION OCCUPATIO NATURE OF TYPE OF
N WORK WORK

CLASS VIII ELECTRICAL SEMI- MODERATE

CONTRACTOR SKILLED

CLASS XII HOUSE WIFE UNSKILLED MODERATE

(HIGHER
SECONDARY)
NURSERY
__ __ __
 FAMILY CHART
INCOME ADDICTIO FAMILY HISTORY HISTORY
N HISTORY OF OF
PRESENT PAST
ILLNESS ILLNESS

8000/-
___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

 PRIORITY MEMBERS
oNasira Kazi : 25 years
(Woman of Reproductive Age group
i.e 15 to 45 years)

oKazi Imran : 48 months

(Children under 5 years of age)
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
STATUS OF THE
ALLOTTED FAMILY
SL.NO EDUCATION SCORE
01. PROFESSION / HONOURS 7

02. GRADUATE / POST-GRADUATE 6

03. INTERMEDIATE OR POST-HIGH 5

SCHOOL DIPLOMA
04. HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE 4

05. MIDDLE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE 3

06. PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE 2

07. ILLITERATE 1
SL.N OCCUPATION SCORE
O
01. PROFESSION 10

02. SEMI-PROFESSION 6

03. CLERICAL, SHOP OWNER, FARMER 5

04. SKILLED WORKER 4

05. SEMI-SKILLED WORKER 3

06. UNSKILLED WORKER 2

07. UNEMPLOYED 1
SL.NO. INCOME (MODIFIED FOR SCORE
2014)
01. > 36,997 12

02. 18,498 36,996 10

03. 13,874 18,497 6

04. 9,249 13, 873 4

05. 5,547 9,248 3

06. 1,866 5,546 2

07. < 1,865 1

 SCORE

EDUCATION :

MIDDLE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE 3

OCCUPATION :

SEMI-SKILLED WORKER 3

FAMILY INCOME PER MONTH :

8,000/- 2

TOTAL SCORE 3 + 3+ 2 = 8
TOTAL SCORE SOCIO ECONOMIC
CLASSES
26 29 UPPER (I)

16 25 UPPER MIDDLE (II)

11 15 LOWER MIDDLE (III)

5- 10 UPPER LOWER (IV)

<5 LOWER (V)

 ASSESSMENT OF THE FAMILY
ALLOTTED

ACCORDING TO THE MODIFIED

KUPPUSWAMY SOCIO ECONOMIC
STATUS SCALE (2014) , THE STATUS OF
THE ALLOTED FAMILY IS UPPER LOWER (IV)
OBSERVATION
 SCHEMATIC VIEW OF
THE HOUSE
 HOUSING STANDARDS
THE HOUSE IS PUCCA TYPE
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARD PRESENT PRESENT
S
a. The site should be a. House of the According to
elevated from the allotted family is Housing Standard
surroundings. elevated from the
ground.
b. It should be away
from breeding b. A pond is
SITE places of present just Not according to
mosquitoes and beside the site. Housing Standard
flies.

c. It should be away c. The site is According to

from nuisances away from such Housing Standard
such as dust, nuisance.
SITE VIEW
POND VIEW
HOUSING WHAT WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS SHOULD BE PRESENT
PRESENT
d. Independent d. There is According to
access to street of independent Housing
adequate width. access to street of Standard
adequate width.

e. Should have a e. Doesnt have a Not according to

pleasing pleasing Housing
SITE surrounding. surrounding. Standard

f. Soil should be f. Soil is dry, safe According to

HOUSING WHAT WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS SHOULD BE PRESENT
PRESENT
a. For adequate a. No space is Not according to
lighting and present around Housing
ventilation, there the house. Standards.
should be an open
space all around
the house.

SET BACK
b. In Urban Areas Total Setback area is
area=1300sq. ft.. inadequate, less
the built up area
Buildup than 1/3rd of the
maybe upto 2/3rd of area=1055 sq. ft. total area.
the total area and Set back
set back area area=245 sq. ft.
should be 1/3rd
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARD PRESENT PRESENT
S
a. It should be pucca a. It is pucca
b. It should be b. It is
impervious, so that impermeable
it can be washed,
kept clean and dry According
c. It should be smooth c. It is smooth
and free from and free from to
cracks and crevices cracks and
FLOOR to prevent breeding crevices. Housing
of insects,
d. It should be damp d. It is damp Standards
proof proof
e. Height of plinth e. Height of
should be 2-3 feet plinth is 2 feet.
(0.6 1 metre)
 FLOOR
VIEW
HOUSING WHAT WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDAR SHOULD BE PRESENT
DS PRESENT
a. It should be a. It is strong, According to
strong housing standard.
b. It has High heat Not according to
b. It should have housing standard.
capacity,
low heat
capacity c. Wall gets damp Not according to
during rainfall, housing standard.
c. Weather d. Rats and Vermin Not according to
resistant might be present, housing standard.

d. Unsuitable for e. It is not damaged Not according to

harbourage of rats housing standard.
easily,
& vermin
WALLS
e. It should not f.It is smooth, According to
easily damaged housing standard.
g.It has 9-inch thick According to
f. It should be brick wall but not housing standard
smooth not plastered from
plastered from
outside.
g. It should contain outside.
9-inch thick brick
plastered wall
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS BE PRESENT PRESENT
a. Height should a. Height is According to
not be less 10feet(3m), housing standard
than
10feet(3m),

ROOF

b. It should have b. It has low heat According to

low heat transmittance housing standard
transmittance coefficient.
coefficient.
WALL & ROOF VIEW
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD WHAT IS PRESENT COMMENTS
STANDARDS BE PRESENT
a. No. of living a. There are 3 living According to
room should room present, housing
not be less standard
ROOM than 2 b. No. And area of
b. No. and area of room is increased
rooms should according to size of
be increased family,
according to Room 1=120sq.ft.
size of family Room 2=100sq.ft.
Room3=80sq.ft.
Per capita
c. For living room a.Total floor area of floor space is
it should be at the living room = above the
least 120sq.ft. 300sq. ft. minimum
FLOOR for single Floor area per person required
AREA person, = 300sq. ft. / value,
d. Floor area 3=100sq. ft. So it is
available in accoring to
living room standard
should not be
less than
50sq.ft.
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS BE PRESENT PRESENT

a. It should be a.The cubic The cubic space

at least space of the of room is
CUBIC SPACE 500c.ft. per room of the adequate.
capita. house was about
3000c.ft.

Cubic space per

person
=3000c.ft./3
persons=1000c.f
t.
ROOM VIEW
HOUSING WHAT WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS SHOULD BE PRESENT
PRESENT
a. Living room a. Living room has According to
should be 2 windows, housing
provided standard.
with at least
2 windows,

WINDOWS

b. 1 of them b.2. of them

should open opens directly on According to
directly on to an open space. housing
to an open They are standard.
space, oppositely placed.
So, Cross ventilation
is present.
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS PRESENT COMMENTS
STANDARD PRESENT
S
c. It should be placed c. It is placed at a According to
at a height of not height of 3 feet (1m) housing
more than 3 feet above the ground standard
(1m) above the level in living room,
ground in living
room,

WINDOWS

d. Total window The ratio of

d. Window area area=144sq. ft. combined
should be 1/5th of Total Area=300sq. door and
the floor area. ft. window area
(door and is more than
windows Door area=54sq. Ft. 2/5th .So it is
combined should Combined adequate.
have 2/5th the area=198sq. Ft.
floor area) Total Area=300sq.
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS BE PRESENT PRESENT
After opening The newspaper Adequate
all the doors can be read in lighting facility
and windows of its normal font present.
the room, if a inside the
person is able room with all
to read the doors and
normal font of windows open
the newspaper at the centre of
at the centre of the room, at all
LIGHTING the room, at all the four corner
the four corner and the
and the darkest part of
darkest part of the room
the room without any
without any artificial light
artificial light.
 OVERCROWDING
Overcrowding refers to the situation in
which more people are living within a
single dwelling than there is space for, so
that movement is restricted, privacy
secluded, hygiene impossible, rest and
sleep difficult.
 OVERCROWDING
WHAT SHOULD BE PRESENT WHAT IS COMMENTS
PRESENT
1)PERSONS PER ROOM
1 Room.2 Persons
2 Rooms3 Persons
3 Rooms for 3 Persons Overcrowding is absent.
3 Rooms5 Persons
4 Rooms7 Persons
5 Or more....10 Persons

2)FLOOR SPACE:

110 Sq. ft. or more... 2

Persons
90-100 Sq. ft....1 300sq.ft. for 3 Persons Overcrowding is absent.
Persons
WHAT SHOULD BE PRESENT WHAT IS PRESENT COMMENTS

3)SEX SEPARATION:

If 2 persons over 9 yrs of There are 3 rooms but Moral Overcrowding

age, they stay in single room is absent.
not husband and wife, of i.e; Room1.
opposite sexes are obliged to
sleep in the same room.
IDEAL WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS PRESENT COMMENTS
STANDAR PRESENT
D

a. Must have a. Separate kitchen According to

separate kitchen, present, housing standard.

b. Must be protected b. Is protected According to

against dust and against dust and housing standard.
smoke, smoke,
KITCHEN c. Adequately According to
lighted, c. Adequately housing standard.
lighted, According to
d. Adequate housing standard.
arrangement for d. Adequate
storing food, arrangement for
storing food(raw
food and cooked
food in Refrigerator) According to
e. Adequate housing standard.
arrangement for e. L.P.G. is used as
IDEAL WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS PRESENT COMMENTS
STANDAR PRESENT
D

f. Provided with water f. Not provided with Not according to

supply, water housing standard.
supply(municipality
deep tube well
outside the house
carried by wife of
HOF in steel bucket
which is covered by
KITCHEN steel plate and
drawn by the help of
ladle. More than 20
g. Provided with a m) Not according to
sink for washing housing standard.
utensils, g. Not provided with
a sink for washing
utensils, According to
h. Adequate drainage, housing standard.
h. Is adequately
drained, According to
KITCHEN VIEW
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS PRESENT COMMENTS
STANDARDS PRESENT

a. Must have a a. Sanitary latrine According to

sanitary privy. present( pour housing
PRIVY
flushed water seal standard.
type of latrine
with a single pit)

b. Should be removed b. Removed on daily Not according

from dwelling at basis,(via to housing
GARBAGE least daily, municipality van) standard
because they
AND
c. Should be disposed b. They store the didnt have a
REFUSE off in a sanitary solid waste in a covered bin.
manner. polythene bag
through out the
day and give it to
the municipality
van the next day
HOUSING WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS COMMENTS
STANDARDS PRESENT PRESENT

a. Should
have a. Facilities for According to
facilities
for bathing & housing
bathing & washing standard.
washing, present
(municipality
deep tube well
outside the
house carried
BATHING by wife of HOF
AND in steel bucket
WASHING which is
covered by
steel plate and
drawn by the
help of short
b. Provided with handed mug.
adequate More than 20
privacy. m)

b. Adequate
 BATHROOM & LATRINE
VIEW
 SUMMARY

Thefamily of Kazi Imran is a nuclear family in

the phase of Extension. There are 3 members,
out of which 2 are priority members . Total
income of the family per month is Rs.8000/-.Per
capita income of the family is Rs.2666/-
According to modified Kuppuswamys scale
2014, the family is upper lower class family.
 They are a Muslim and a Bengali speaking family. They
live in a Pucca house. The house consists of a 3 living
room with a separate kitchen,2 windows and 1door in
each room that opens in open space. The fuel used for
cooking was L.P.G. They have a separate Privy and is
Pour flushed water seal type latrine with single pit. They
do not have a covered bin to store the waste, but they
have hygienic way of disposing it since they give it to
the municipality van daily.

There are a lot of breeding places of mosquitoes around

the house.
 RECOMMENDATION
At individual level

a. Washing hands before eating and after defecation.

b. Both Nasira Kazi and Kazi Ishan should visit Anganwadi
centre because they belong to reproductive age group and
under 5 year children respectively for health and nutritional
education

At family level

a. Cleanliness of the latrine should be maintained.

b. They should use a covered bin.
c. Contaminated or waste water should not be kept open
and should be discarded as soon as possible.
At community level
a. Awareness regarding health schemes like Pradhan
mantri Awas Yojana, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
o I am grateful to all the teachers of the
Community Medicine department for their
guidance and also helping me in
correcting my mistakes.

o I would like to thank all my classmates

including my partners Jhilam Debangshi
and Navlesh K. Ranjan for their co-
operation, without them,this study
wouldnt have been possible.

o I am also thankful to the members of my

allotted family and health workers who co-
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Park.K. Parks textbook of Preventive and
Social Medicine.Environment and Health.23rd
edition.Jabalpur;Bhanot
Publishers.2015.Pg.750-753.
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