Hygienic and health conditions at scout camps

In 1990, 230 scout camps organized throughout the whole of Poland (except for the Legnica and Lodź voivodeships) were inspected. In co-operation with the staff of the children's and youth hygiene departments of the provincial sanitary-and-epidemiological stations, the data concerning the hygienic and health conditions at scout camps collected. Moreover, information on medical care, health state and nutrition at these camps was obtained. The data showed that in the period under survey, despite some exceptions, the hygienic and health conditions at scout camps could be regarded as satisfactory, when making allowances for the current limited organizing, financial and staff-related possibilities of scouting. In the present difficult economic situation of Poland, when the standard of living of many families is low, special attention has to be given to balanced nutrition of children, which is decisive of their normal psychophysical development. Language: pl