Status of health among slum dwelling women–a case study on Dankuni municipality, Hooghly

The slum dwelling women’s are not only economically and socially backward but also a neglected section among the society. The environmental conditions of the slum area affect the health status of the slum dwellers automatically. But there are also other factors that controlled the health status. Women do not get proper food four times. They consume cheap prices low calorie food. There are several matters like early age of marriage, early age of pregnancy, given birth to many children’s, small gap between pregnancies etc. which affect their health a lot. On the basis of data obtained from the selected slums of the Dankuni Municipality area, it may be said that, in the area 40.90%women are mother of more than three children and 54.5% mother gave birth to their first child before 20 years of their age. They also don’t get proper pre natal and post natal care. The place of delivery was not always safe. As the level of education is very low the standard of health awareness is also very low in the area.