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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2
Housing Committee 2
Milk and Welfare Sub-Committee 2
Preface 5
I.—Natural and Social Conditions of the Borough.
General Statistics 7
Physical Features and General Character of the Borough 7
Social Conditions, including Chief Occupations of the Inhabitants 7
Vital Statistics 8
(а) Births 8
(b) Marriages 10
(c) Deaths 10
(d) Deaths of Children, 1-5 years of age 16
(e) Infant Mortality 6
Poor Law Relief in the Borough 18
Utilization of Hospital and other forms of Gratuitous Medical Relief 18
Causes of Sickness in the Borough 19
II.—Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals 20
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 20
Ambulance Facilities 20
Clinics and Treatment Centres 20
(a)Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 20
(b) Chelsea Day Nursery 21
(c) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 21
(d) Invalid Children's Aid Association 21
Public Health Officers of the Borough Council 22
Nursing Arrangements 24
(а) Professional Nursing in the Home 24
(b) Midwives 25
Laboratory Work 25
Public Health Legislation in Force in the Borough 26
III.—Sanitary Circumstances and Administration.
Complaints 27
Closet Accommodation 27
Removal and Disposal of Refuse 27
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 27
Smoke Abatement 31
Fouling of Foot-paths by Dogs 31
Rats 31
Pigeons 31
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 32
Public Mortuary 34
Rag Flock Act 34
Offensive Trades 34
IV.—Housing.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1925 35
Housing Staff 36
General Housing Conditions in the Borough 36
Overcrowding 38
Fitness of Houses 39
Unhealthy Areas 40
Bye-laws relating to Houses and Houses Let in Lodgings 40
Housing Survey 41