Dr Songkit took two key initiatives to address the health lssues stemming from the compkx changes occurring in the province Firstly, he sought to improve the information availabb to health administatora Recognizing the difliculucs poeed by migration Inom outside the province. ho organizod a zatisucol survey, utilizing sampling techniques, to get a more precise picture of the population and Ehealth problems uuan ponded in oilicial ecords based on census data.