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
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.
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.
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.
disease such as cholera, typhoid and increases infant mortality.
