Public Health Implication of Poor Drainage System

Stress produced by bad drainage causes a great deal of mental illness. Those who live in slum areas have poorer health than those whom live in good residential districts, and that there quarter of incidence frequency of complication are

common feature of poor drainage system. Poor drainage is a contributing factor to the cause of mental illness, and also prevents the development of normal family relationship. The following are associated hazard;

1.      It causes nervousness, irritability bad temper, mental unrest, behavioural and personality disorder and mental break down.

2.      It encourages total infestation of vectors and vermin’s which transmit disease and also cause discomfort.

3.      It promotes the spread of disease such as cholera, typhoid and increases infant mortality.